America Chords & Lyrics - Alec Benjamin

Capo 1
You can play C instead on Cadd9

[INTRO]
[Em] [Cadd9] [D] [Am] [D]

[VERSE 1]
[Em]You've been hanging your [Cadd9]conscious on the fence [D]
Cause [Am]you can't [D]hold it
[Em]An empty [Cadd9]promise laid to rest[D]
A [Am]life is [D]stolen
[Em]And there will [Cadd9]be no conse[D]quence
For [Am]what you [D]broken
[Em]Don't you [Cadd9]know, what your [D]father said [D] [Am]

[PRE-CHORUS]
We are the only [Am] [D]
We are the brave [D]
We are America, but[Am] [D]

We are to blame

[CHORUS]
[Em]Stand up, Stand up,

Can you hear me now
[G]All I, All I

Really want now is
[C]Your voice, Your voice

Screaming out loud, saying
[D]We can make it, or we can make it
[Em]Fist up, Fist up!

Don't put your hands down
[G]All I, All I

Really want now is
[C]Your voice, Your voice

Screaming out loud, saying
[D]We can make it, or we can make it

[VERSE 2]
[Em]We've been biting our [Cadd9]tongues for far too [D]long
[Am]And they [G]know it
[Em]They told us that [Cadd9]hope would carry on[D]
They [Am]really had us [G]going
[Em]And there will [Cadd9]be no conse[D]quence
For your [Am]simple hyp[D]nosis
[Em]Don't you [Cadd9]know, what your [D]father said [D] [Am]

[PRE-CHORUS]
We are the only [Am] [D]
We are the brave [D]
We are America, but[Am] [D]

We are to blame

[CHORUS]
[Em]Stand up, Stand up,

Can you hear me now
[G]All I, All I

Really want now is
[C]Your voice, Your voice

Screaming out loud, saying
[D]We can make it, or we can make it
[Em]Fist up, Fist up!

Don't put your hands down
[G]All I, All I

Really want now is
[C]Your voice, Your voice

Screaming out loud, saying
[D]We can make it, or we can make it