Immortal Americans chords by Austin Lucas

Intro:
C/G Csus Am


Verse 1:

              C/G     D                 Csus
We were never fans of stock-car races

Csus   C/G        D                       Am
Though mesmerized by the roaring of those cars

Am         D                             Csus
Out in the dark the sound echoed off our skin

              C/G           D              C/G   D
As we took to rooftop those engines on the wind

Chorus:

         C/G
Where we sang the songs of our fathers

     D
Shah-la-la, ooh-la-la-la

    Csus
And all the prayers of our mothers

        C/G                D
Dutiful daughters, dutiful sons

     Am                        Em
Shah-la-la goes the rattle and hum

         Csus                   C/G
From the hearth of a midwestern home

        D                                           Am  C/G
Shah-la-la: that's the sound of immortal Americans


Verse 2:

C/G                              D
When children turn the radio on

                                    Csus
Fists hit the air praising rock and roll gods

                       C/G                  D                  Am
From the soil they are formed, born to grow corn and cut stone

                   Em              Csus             C/G
They trade off the verses and they sing twin in the choruses

D
Babes of the Bible Belt

Maybe low-hanging fruit in the forest


Chorus:

         C/G
But they sang the songs of our fathers

     D
Shah-la-la, ooh-la-la-la

    Csus
And all the prayers of their mothers

        C/G                D
Dutiful daughters, dutiful sons

        Am                     Em
Shah-la-la goes the rattle and hum

         Csus                   C/G
From the hearth of a midwestern home

        D                                          C/G
Shah-la-la: that's the sound of immortal Americans


Verse 3:

Csus                  D
My friends turned the radio off

Csus                  D
Those holy hymns were no longer ours


Chorus:

          C/G
Though we sang the songs of our fathers

N.C.
Shah-la-la, ooh-la-la-la

N.C
And all the prayers of our mothers

N.C.
Dutiful daughters, dutiful sons

        Am                     Em
Shah-la-la goes the rattle and hum

         Csus                   C/G
From the hearth of a midwestern home

        D                                          C/G
Shah-la-la: that's the sound of immortal Americans
Immortal Americans