Chords with lyrics
- Submitter:
Donczarski53 - Tuning: Standard tuning
- Difficulty: Beginner
SONG: SONG FOR SAM COOKE (HERE IN AMERICA)
ARTIST: DION ft. PAUL SIMON
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL: [email protected]
SONG FOR SAM COOKE
(HERE IN AMERICA)
DION ft. PAUL SIMON
INTRO:
G+G 
E minorEm G+G E minorEm
VERSE:
G+G E minorEm
We traveled this land back in nineteen sixty-two
G+G E minorEm
We played the places that were home to me and you
G+G E minorEm
We drove to Memphis, we rocked a set
G+G E minorEm
We walked the streets at night and smoked a cigarette
CHORUS:
C majorC 
Cmaj7Cmaj7
Here in America
Cmaj7Cmaj7 E minorEm
Heeeeeeere in America
A minorAm 
Am7Am7
There was so much I didn`t know
D MajorD
About the way that life could go
E minorEm E minorEm
Here in America
VERSE:
G+G E minorEm
Down the block I saw the people stop and stare
G+G E minorEm
You did your best to make a Yankee boy aware
G+G E minorEm
I never thought about the color of your skin
G+G E minorEm
I never worried `bout the hotel I was in
CHORUS:
C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7
Here in America (Woh oh woh oh)
Cmaj7Cmaj7 E minorEm
Heeeeeeere in America (In America)
A minorAm Am7Am7
But the places I could stay
D MajorD
They all made you walk away
E minorEm E minorEm
Here in America
G+G E minorEm G+G E minorEm
VERSE:
G+G E minorEm
You were the man who earned the glory and the fame
G+G E minorEm
But cowards felt that they could call you any name
G+G E minorEm
You were the star, standing in the light
G+G E minorEm
That won you nothing on a city street at night
CHORUS:
C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7
Here in America
Cmaj7Cmaj7 E minorEm E minorEm
Heeeeeeere in America
A minorAm Am7Am7
You were told that we were free
D MajorD
This land is made for you and me
E minorEm E minorEm E minorEm E minorEm
Here in America
VERSE:
G+G E minorEm
You stayed more steady than a backbeat on a drum
G+G E minorEm
You told me you believed a change was gonna come
G+G E minorEm
You sang for freedom but lived life free
G+G E minorEm
I saw it in your smile and in your dignity
CHORUS:
C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7
Here in America
Cmaj7Cmaj7 E minorEm E minorEm
Heeeeeeere in America
A minorAm Am7Am7
A augmentedA preacher`s kid you`ll always be
D MajorD
Singing the truth to set us free
E minorEm E minorEm
Here in America
E minorEm E minorEm E minorEm E minorEm
Here in America
VERSE:
G+G E minorEm
You were a star when you were standing on a stage
G+G E minorEm
I look back on it, I feel a burning rage
G+G E minorEm
You sang `You Send Me`, I sang `I Wonder Why`
G+G E minorEm
I still wonder, you were way too young to die
CHORUS:
C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7
Here in America (ooooh, ooh ooh oooooh ooh)
E minorEm E minorEm
Here in America
A minorAm Am7Am7
Hey, Sam, I wish that you were near
D MajorD
I wish that you were here
OUTRO:
E minorEm E minorEm
Here in America
C majorC D MajorD
Here in America
E minorEm E minorEm
America
C majorC D MajorD
In America
E minorEm E minorEm
Here in America
