America Live chords by Noah Gundersen

Chords with lyrics

CAPO II

G:300033
F#:200033
E:022033
Cadd9:x32033
D:xx0233

[Intro]

e|---x---x---x---x---x---x--|
BB|---0---0---0---0---0---0--|
G+G|---0---0---0---0---0---0--|
D MajorD|---0---0---0---0---0---0--|
A augmentedA|--/12--11--9---0---11--9--|
E MajorE|---0---0---0--/12--0---0--|

G+G F#F#

[Verse]

 E MajorE
I came through the fence in ‘93
  Cadd9Cadd9              G+G  F#F#
And I know that they are after me today
 E MajorE
I believe this is the land for me
 Cadd9Cadd9            G+G F#F#
Of hope, and grace, and liberty
   E MajorE
Oh, my grandfather, he told me
      Cadd9Cadd9        G+G  F#F#
Son, you’ll never have to run anymore
    E MajorE
Oh, but I broke the law
   Cadd9Cadd9        G+G F#F#
Which I will surely die for

But, now


[Chorus]

Cadd9Cadd9
I am on my way
 E MajorE
I have to leave today,
 G+G             D MajorD
Tell my wife and boy that I love them
Cadd9Cadd9   E MajorE
I gave my son to America
G+G        F#F#
God, I pray they treat him well

[Intro]

 E MajorE
Well, my daddy left when I was five,
  Cadd9Cadd9              G+G  F#F#
I do not know if he’s alive at all
 E MajorE
And, it’s hard with just my mom and me
 Cadd9Cadd9            G+G F#F#
But I work to feed my family
   E MajorE
And, I work hard to keep my bitter pay
      Cadd9Cadd9        G+G  F#F#
That the rich man comes and takes away
 E MajorE
So, I killed him in the dead of night
 Cadd9Cadd9              G+G  F#F#
With my father’s gun
 E MajorE
I took his life away
      Cadd9Cadd9        G+G  F#F#
I took his life away

Now, I say


[Chorus]

Cadd9Cadd9
I was on my way
 E MajorE
I have to leave today
 G+G             D MajorD
Tell my mom and sister that I love them
Cadd9Cadd9   E MajorE
I am on the run

From America
G+G        F#F#
God, I pray they don’t catch me


[Intro]


[Verse]

 E MajorE
Now, I sit here in this dirty cell
 Cadd9Cadd9              G+G  F#F#
The jailer comes to give me hell
 E MajorE
They have caught me and my racist mind
  Cadd9Cadd9              G+G  F#F#
I’ll surely pay for what I’ve done
 E MajorE
But, then I look up and I see
 Cadd9Cadd9              G+G  F#F#
This old man staring at me
 E MajorE
He tells me I remind him of someone
 Cadd9Cadd9              G+G  F#F#
His own boy he left at the age of 5
 E MajorE
That probably thought his daddy died
 Cadd9Cadd9              G+G  F#F#
And, how he wished he could tell him


[Outro]

Cadd9Cadd9
He would say
 E MajorE
I was on my way, had to leave that day
 G+G             D MajorD
Tell my wife and boy that I love them

Cadd9Cadd9
I gave my love to America
 G+G   E minorEm        D MajorD
God I pray they treat him well,
 G+G   E minorEm        D MajorD
Oh, god I pray they treat well
 G+G   E minorEm        D MajorD