America chords by Alec Benjamin

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st

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Standard Tuning
Capo 1
You can play C majorC instead on Cadd9Cadd9

Intro:
E minorEm Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD A minorAm D MajorD

Verse 1:
E minorEm            Cadd9Cadd9         D MajorD
You've been hanging your conscious on the fence
   A minorAm    D MajorD
Cause you can't hold it
E minorEm    Cadd9Cadd9        D MajorD
An empty promise laid to rest
 A minorAm   D MajorD
A augmentedA life is stolen
E minorEm       Cadd9Cadd9   D MajorD
And there will be no consequence
  A minorAm    D MajorD
For what you broken
E minorEm    Cadd9Cadd9      D MajorD      D MajorD A minorAm
Don't you know, what your father said

Pre-Chorus:
        A minorAm D MajorD
We are the only
         D MajorD
We are the brave
          A minorAm D MajorD
We are America, but

We are to blame

Chorus:
E minorEm
Stand up, Stand up,

Can you hear me now
G+G
All I, All I

Really want now is
C majorC
Your voice, Your voice

Screaming out loud, saying
D MajorD
We can make it, or we can make it
E minorEm
Fist up, Fist up!

Don't put your hands down
G+G
All I, All I

Really want now is
C majorC
Your voice, Your voice

Screaming out loud, saying
D MajorD
We can make it, or we can make it

Verse 2:
E minorEm          Cadd9Cadd9        D MajorD
We've been biting our tongues for far too long
A minorAm    G+G
And they know it
E minorEm        Cadd9Cadd9       D MajorD
They told us that hope would carry on
   A minorAm      G+G
They really had us going
E minorEm       Cadd9Cadd9   D MajorD
And there will be no consequence
     A minorAm    D MajorD
For your simple hypnosis
E minorEm    Cadd9Cadd9      D MajorD      D MajorD A minorAm
Don't you know, what your father said

Pre-Chorus:
        A minorAm D MajorD
We are the only
         D MajorD
We are the brave
          A minorAm D MajorD
We are America, but

We are to blame

Chorus:
E minorEm
Stand up, Stand up,

Can you hear me now
G+G
All I, All I

Really want now is
C majorC
Your voice, Your voice

Screaming out loud, saying
D MajorD
We can make it, or we can make it
E minorEm
Fist up, Fist up!

Don't put your hands down
G+G
All I, All I

Really want now is
C majorC
Your voice, Your voice

Screaming out loud, saying
D MajorD