Across America chords by Nanci Griffith

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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I've  (D major) heard
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enough from pun (G major) dits
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D 
I've  (A major) heard our leaders speak (D major) 
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I tell you know I'd rather  (G major) talk
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to the people  (A major) in the street  (D major) 
'Cause you don't know someone
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 (G major) Until you've looked  (A major) 
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them in the eye (B minor) 
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And  (G major) that gave me a purpose
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And every reason why  (A major) 

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Verse 2
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A 
I drove my (G major) self across Amer (A major) ica
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Bm 
From Sea  (D major) to shining Sea  (B minor) 
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A 
From the  (G major) Rocky coast of Maine  (A major) 
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Bm 
To the mighty  (D major) redwood trees  (B minor) 
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A 
From the plains  (G major) of North Dakota  (A major) 
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A 
Bm 
to the  (D major) Gulf of Mexico  (A major)  (B minor) 
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Em 
It's good  (A major) to know  (E minor) 
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G 
A 
That hope's  (D major) alive again  (G major)  (A major) 
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Across Amer (D major) ica

Verse 3
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D 
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I  (G major)  (D major)  (G major) spoke  (D major) to folks in New  (G major) Orleans
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With  (A major) hammers in their hand (D major) s
There's a waitress in Missouri
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A 
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 (G major) Who  (A major) wants her own health plan  (D major) 
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And to the workers up in Michigan  (G major) 
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In  (A major) all the auto plants  (B minor) 
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They're the  (G major) working men and women

Interlude 1

Saying "Yes, we can"

Verse 4
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Your check (B minor) s and
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stocks and bank (A major) s
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A 
Bm 
A 
Can't take  (D major) our hope  (A major) away  (B minor)  (A major) 
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A 
You can (G major) 't foreclose on hope  (A major) 
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Nobody  (B minor) has to pay
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 (A major) 

Verse 5
G 
A 
I drove my (G major) self across Amer (A major) ica
D 
Bm 
From Sea  (D major) to shining Sea  (B minor) 
G 
A 
From the Rocky  (G major) coast of Maine  (A major) 
D 
Bm 
To the  (D major) mighty redwood trees  (B minor) 
G 
A 
From the  (G major) plains of North Dakota  (A major) 
D 
A 
to the Gulf  (D major) of Mex (A major) ico
Bm 
A 
Em 
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A 
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Em 
 (B minor) It's  (A major) good  (E minor)  (D major) to  (G major)  (A major)  (D major) know  (E minor) 
D 
G 
A 
That hope's  (D major) alive again  (G major)  (A major) 
D 
Across Amer (D major) ica