American Jerusalem chords by Shawn Colvin
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Intro 1
(D major) (G major) (D major)
Verse 1
(E minor) New York City rain
Don't know if it's makin' me
(B minor) Dirty or clean
Went for the subway but
there (C major) was no train
And the tunnel was (G major) grumbling
(D major) for re (G major) pairs (D major) again
And the sign (C major) says (E minor) welcome to
American (D major) Jerusalem (G major) (D major)
(E minor) I've been around
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Verse 2
You could spend forever
Makin' a (B minor) friend in this town
All you get to do
Is (C major) lay your dollar down
Until you're stumbling drunk (E minor)
(G major) up the stairs (D major) again
And the (C major) sign says (E minor) welcome to
(G major) Americ (D major) an Jerus (G major) alem
Verse 3
In the (D major) temples of American Jeru (G major) salem
They buy an (D major) ounce of South African (G major) gold
They don't (D major) care who was
(E minor) bought or (D major) sold (E minor)
Or who died to (D major) mine it (E minor) (D major)
Verse 4
In the (D major) temples of Amer (C major)
ic (D major) an Jer (G major) usalem
They buy (D major) an ounce of Marseille
(E minor) (D major) white (G major)
Some (D major) where on a street (E minor)
(D major) with no (E minor) light
Somebody dies (D major) tryin' it (E minor) (D major)
Verse 5
Then (E minor) somewhere in a crowd
Lookin' that kinda way
That'll (B minor) make you turn around
There'll be somebody who knows (C major)
What it's about
And he'll take the (G major) ribbons
from your hair (D major) again
And (C major) welcome you (E minor) to Americ (G major) (D major) an Jer (G major) usalem
(D major) (E minor)
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(B minor)
(C major) (G major) (D major)
(C major) (E minor) (G major) (D major) (G major)
Verse 6
In the (D major) alleys of American Jeru (G major) salem
The (D major) homeless lie down at the (G major) dawn
The pretty (D major) people won (E minor) der
(D major) what they're (E minor) on
And how they af (D major) ford it (E minor) (D major)
Verse 7
In the (D major) ashes of American Jer (G major) usalem
The (D major) prophets live their (E minor) deaths
out (D major) on the (G major) corner
The pretty (D major) people say there should've (E minor)
been (D major) a warn (E minor) in'
But nobody (D major) heard it (E minor) (D major)
Verse 8
Then (E minor) shadows lick the sun
The streets are paved with
(B minor) Footsteps on the run
Somebody musta got double
'Cuz (C major) I got none I forgot to
col (E minor) lect my share (D major) again
So go west (C major) to (E minor) breathe
the cleansing (G major) air (D major) again
Go Niagara (C major) for (G major) your honeymoon (D major) again
Go on the (C major) road if you're
(E minor) gonna sing your (G major) tune (D major) again
Go out to (C major) sea and (G major) learn to be a man again (D major)
Until you (C major) come on home (E minor) to
(G major) Americ (D major) an Jerusalem (G major)
American Jerusalem
Shawn Colvin
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