Chords with lyrics
Intro: D MajorD G+G
Verse 1:
D MajorD Dmaj7Dmaj7 G+G
She's up before the sun, on the run, another dollar, another day, another cup of coffee
D MajorD G+G
Thank you, Lord, for giving me one more
D MajorD Dmaj7Dmaj7 G+G
She still leans on her dreams but it seems, sometimes she's the only one who still believes
B minorBm A augmentedA G+G
That life is hard, so she takes it on with an American Heart
D MajorD G+G
And it beats like a drum down in New Orleans, sings like a Motown melody
D MajorD G+G
It dreams like California, bigger than the Texas sky
D MajorD F#F# B minorBm A augmentedA G+G
It bleeds, it scars, but it shines when times get hard
D MajorD D/F#D/F# G+G D MajorD D/F#D/F# G+G
And you can't break an American heart
Verse 2:
D MajorD Dmaj7Dmaj7 G+G
From the small town Friday night lights to the Broadway neon burning up bright
D MajorD G+G
We're all the same and it's in our veins
D MajorD Dmaj7Dmaj7 G+G
A augmentedA spirit that you can't keep down, a fire inside that'll never burn out
B minorBm A augmentedA G+G
If you are the owner of an American heart
E MajorE A augmentedA
And it beats like a drum down in New Orleans, sings like a Motown melody
E MajorE A augmentedA
It dreams like California, bigger than the Texas sky
E MajorE G#G# C# minorC#m BB A augmentedA
It bleeds, it scars, but it shines when times get hard
C# minorC#m B/D#B/D# E MajorE A augmentedA C# minorC#m B/D#B/D# E MajorE A augmentedA
And you can't break an American heart
C# minorC#m B/D#B/D# E MajorE A augmentedA
An American heart
E MajorE A augmentedA
And it beats like a drum down in New Orleans, sings like a Motown melody
E MajorE A augmentedA
It dreams like California, bigger than the Texas sky
E MajorE G#G# C# minorC#m BB A augmentedA
It bleeds, it scars, but it shines when times get hard
C# minorC#m B/D#B/D# E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE E/G# A augmentedA
And you can't break, you can't break an American heart
E MajorE E/G# A augmentedA E MajorE E/G# A augmentedA E MajorE
An American heart, an American heart