Americana chords

[C]I’ve traveled [G7]all around this [C]country

In my time I [G7]thought I’d seen it [C]all

But to[F]day I took a [G7]detour down a [Am]back-road[G7]

Through a [D7]little town whose name I can’t [G7]recall

There were [C]old men on [G7]benches playing [C]checkers

Children playing [G7]hopscotch on the [C]square

And [F]high above a [G7]statue of an [Am]unknown [F]soldier

Old [C]Glory was [G7]waving in the [C]air

[Am]Suddenly I [F]realized what [C]I’d too long forgotten

A [Am]chill rose up like [F]mountains on my [G7]skin

Over[Am]come with the [F]feeling I [C]knew I was [F]seeing

[C]America all [G7]over [C]again

A—[F]mer-i[G7]cana

[F]Pictures of a [G7]people proud and [C]free

A—[Am]m-er[F]icana [D7]I’ll keep [G7]holding to the [Am]dream [G7]

You’re [F]still what [G7]living means to [C]me

I knew to stop [G7]would throw me off my [C]schedule

But I parked around [G7]behind the Five and [C]Dime

There’s [F]something bout a [G7]small town in the [Am]summer[G7]

Like a [D7]Norman Rockwell picture back in [G7]time

Kids were [C]courting at the [G7]Rexall soda [C]fountain

Like we did before they [G7]built the shopping [C]mall

I saw [F]so many [G7]reasons [Am]why I love this [F]country

You [C]know some things never [G7]really change at [C]all

[Am]As I left the 2 lane [F]road and pulled [C]back on that superhighway

I [Am]thought of what I’d [F]seen back in that [G7]town

And it [Am]hit me like a [F]freight train

That a [C]stones throw from the [F]fast lane

[C]America is [G7]still safe and [C]sound


A—[F]mer-i[G7]cana

[F]Pictures of a [G7]people proud and [C]free

[C]A—[Am]m-er[F]icana, [D7]I’ll keep [G7]holding to the [Am]dream [G7]

You’re [F]still what [G7]living means to [C]me