American By Birth chords by Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash

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Verse 1
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 (D major)  (G major)  (D major)  (G major)  (D major)  (G major)  (D major) I'm gonna
go down on the creek bank
Gather all my people
Pitch horseshoes until
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the sun goes  (A major) down
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Gonna  (D major) barbecue my ribs,
eat potato salad
Let the bird dogs run, let the children sing
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 (A major) Lord we're gonna get  (D major) down

Verse 2
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Yes, we shall gather  (D major) down in Dixie
Where my father and my
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Children's feet have  (A major) trod
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We shall  (G major) all sing "Hallelu (D major) jah"
I'm American by birth
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And South (A major) ern by the grace
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of  (D major) God  (G major)  (D major)  (A major)  (D major)  (G major)  (D major) 
I'm gonna slip off with my cousin
For a little shot of bourbon
Listen to him stretch the truth
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For a little while  (A major) 
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I'm gonna  (D major) sneak up behind my baby
And tell her that I love her
I'm gonna lay her down in a hickory sheet
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 (A major) And watch my baby smile  (D major) 

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Verse 3

Yes, we shall gather down in Dixie

Where my father and my

Children's feet have trod

We shall all sing "Hallelujah"

I'm American by birth

And Southern by the grace of God

Verse 4
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Yes, we shall  (D major) gather down in Dixie
Where my father and my
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Children's feet have  (A major) trod
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We shall  (G major) all sing "Halle (D major) lujah"
I'm American by birth
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And  (A major) Southern by the grace of  (G major) God
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