For America chords by Jackson Browne

Chords with lyrics

Intro:

DmDm - Bb majorBb - C majorC - DmDm - DmDm - Bb majorBb - DmDm

e|-13---------------------|
BB|----15------------------|
G+G|-------14---------------|
D MajorD|---------15--14--12-----|
A augmentedA|------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------|

Vers 1:

DmDm
As if i really didnt understand
 Bb majorBb
That i was just another part of their plan
   C majorC
I went off looking for the promise
DmDm
Believing in the Motherland

Vers 2:

DmDm
And from the comfort of a dreamer's bed
Bb majorBb
And the safety of my own head
C majorC
I went on speaking of the future
DmDm
While other people fought and bled

Bridge 1:

FF                Bb majorBb
The kid I was when I first left home
FF                       Bb majorBb
Was looking for his freedom and a life of his own
FF                       Bb majorBb
But the freedom that he found wasn't quite as sweet
FF                Bb majorBb   C majorC
When the truth was known

Chorus 1:

C majorC
I have prayed for America
A minorAm
I was made for America
Bb majorBb
It's in my blood and in my bones
            Bb majorBb - C majorC
By the dawn's early light
            Bb majorBb - C majorC
By all I know is right
                   Bb majorBb - C majorC
We're going to reap what we have sown

DmDm - Bb majorBb - C majorC - DmDm x 1

Vers 4

DmDm
As if freedom was a question of might
Bb majorBb
As if loyalty was black and white
C majorC
You hear people say it all the time-
DmDm
"My country wrong or right"

Vers 5

DmDm
I want to know what that's got to do
Bb majorBb
With what it takes to find out what's true
C majorC
With everyone from the President on down
DmDm
Trying to keep it from you

Bridge 2

FF                Bb majorBb
The thing I wonder about the Dads and Moms
FF                Bb majorBb
Who send their sons to the Vietnams
FF                Bb majorBb
Will they really think their way of life
FF                Bb majorBb    C majorC
Has been protected as the next war comes?

Chorus 2

C majorC
I have prayed for America
A minorAm
I was made for America
Bb majorBb
Her shining dream plays in my mind
            Bb majorBb - C majorC
By the rockets red glare
            Bb majorBb - C majorC
A augmentedA generation's blank stare
            Bb majorBb - C majorC
We better wake her up this time

DmDm - Bb majorBb - C majorC - DmDm x 1

Solo:

Bridge 3:

FF                Bb majorBb
The kid I was when I first left home
FF                Bb majorBb
Was looking for his freedom and a life of his own
FF                Bb majorBb
But the freedom that he found wasn't quite as sweet
FF                Bb majorBb    C majorC
When the truth was known

Chorus 3:

C majorC
I have prayed for America
A minorAm
I was made for America
Bb majorBb
I can't let go till she comes around
            Bb majorBb - C majorC
Until the land of the free
            Bb majorBb - C majorC
Is awake and can see
            Bb majorBb - C majorC
And until her conscience has been found

DmDm - Bb majorBb - C majorC - DmDm x 1