Heartbeat Of America chords by Dylan Scott

• Capo on 1st
• Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:

D#  A#  Cm7  G#


Verse 1:
       D#
It's a ball cap in his right hand
A#
Looking up at the sky
Cm
Praying for rain but hoping it stops
  G#
Before the game on Friday night
         D#
It's the home team and the whole town
A#
Showing up in the stands
Cm
Hand on your heart for the stripes and stars
      G#
Fight song from a marching band
       Cm
It's a wave at a red light
A#               G#
Everybody knows your name

Chorus:
       D#
It's a boy and a girl in a Chevy truck
A#
"John Deere Green" kicking up dust
Cm                                                    G#
Living those words from a song they're playin' on the radio
    D#
Generations deep running through these roots
          A#
What your daddy did is what you do
   Cm
If you ask me
                      G#                 D#
That's what makes the heartbeat of America


Verse 2:
D#                                 A#
It's a main-street parade for the ones who made it back home
      Cm                        G#
And a moment of silence for the ones too soon gone
       D#
It's a god-fearing mamma trying to raise 'em right
A#
Sunset falling from a water-tower sky
Cm
Whatever keeps that dream alive
G#
You can find it here


Chorus:
       D#
It's a boy and a girl in a Chevy truck
A#
"John Deere Green" kicking up dust
Cm                                                    G#
Living those words from a song they're playin' on the radio
    D#
Generations deep running through these roots
          A#
What your daddy did is what you do
   Cm
If you ask me
                      G#                 D#  A#  Cm  G#
That's what makes the heartbeat of America


Bridge:
       D#
It's a preacher and a Bible
  A#
A# little church on the hill
 Cm
Amazing Grace
               G#
Jesus saves in God we trust still


Chorus:
       D#
It's a boy and a girl in a Chevy truck
A#
"John Deere Green" kicking up dust
Cm                                                    G#
Living those words from a song they're playin' on the radio
    D#
Generations deep running through these roots
          A#
What your daddy did is what you do
   Cm
If you ask me
                      G#                 D#  A#
That's what makes the heartbeat of America


Outro:
        Cm  G#
Of America
        D#
Of America