Chords with lyrics
Intro: B7B7 CdimCdim A augmentedA F# minorF#m Bm5-/7 E7/13 A augmentedA E7/9-
A augmentedA F# minorF#m CdimCdim E7E7 A augmentedA A7A7
What is America to me
D MajorD CdimCdim A7M C#m5-/7
A augmentedA name, a map, a flag I see
D MajorD CdimCdim C#m5-/7 F#7F#7
A augmentedA certain word, "Democracy"
D MajorD F# minorF#m Bm7Bm7 Bm5-/7 E7E7
What is America to me
FdimFdim A7M D9D9 E7/13 A7M
The house I live in a plot of earth, a street,
D9D9 E7/13 A augmentedA F# minorF#m C majorC Am7Am7 A augmentedA
The grocer and the butcher, all the people that I meet
D9D9 E7E7 A augmentedA F# minorF#m D9D9 E7E7 F# minorF#m
The children in the playground, the faces that I see
B7B7 CdimCdim A augmentedA F# minorF#m Bm5-/7 E7/13 A augmentedA
All races, and religions that's America to me
FdimFdim A7M D9D9 E7/13 A7M
The place I work in, the worker at my side
D9D9 E7/13 A augmentedA F# minorF#m C majorC Am7Am7 A augmentedA
The little town or city where my people lived and died
D9D9 E7E7 A augmentedA F# minorF#m D9D9 E7E7 F# minorF#m
The "howdy" and the handshake, the air of feeling free
B7B7 CdimCdim A major 6A6 A augmentedA F# minorF#m D9D9 E7/13 A augmentedA
The right to speak my mind out that's America to me
D9D9 E MajorE A augmentedA D9D9 E MajorE A augmentedA
The things I see about me the big things and the small
E minor 7Em7 A7A7 D MajorD E minor 7Em7 A7A7 D MajorD
The little corner newsstand and the house a mile tall
C#7C#7 F# minorF#m C#7C#7 F# minorF#m
The wedding and the churchyard, the laughter and the tears,
E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE EdimEdim E7E7
The dream that's been a growin' for twohundred thirty years
FdimFdim A7M D9D9 E7/13 A7M
The town I live in, the street, the house, the room
D9D9 E7/13 A augmentedA F# minorF#m C majorC Am7Am7 A augmentedA
The pavement of the city, or a garden all in bloom,
D9D9 E7E7 A augmentedA D9D9 E7E7 F# minorF#m
The church, the school, the club house, the million lights I see
D9D9 FdimFdim A augmentedA F# minorF#m D9D9 E7E7 FdimFdim F# minorF#m
But especially the people that's America to me
D9D9 FdimFdim A augmentedA F# minorF#m D9D9 E7E7 Bm5-/7 D9D9 Dm6Dm6 A augmentedA
Especially the people that's America to me