American Land chords by Bruce Springsteen
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Intro 1
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Verse 1
What (G major) is this land of America,
so many (D major) travel there (G major)
I'm going now while I'm still young,
my darling meet me (D major) there
Wish (G major) me luck my lovely,
I'll send for you when I can (D major)
And we'll (G major) make our home (C major) in
the American (D major) land (G major)
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Verse 2
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Over there all the woman wear silk
and (D major) satin to their knees (G major)
And children dear, the sweets, I hear,
are growing on the trees (D major)
(G major) Gold comes rushing out the river
straight into your hand (D major) s
If you (G major) make your home (C major) in the
American (D major) (G major) land
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Verse 3
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There's diamonds in the sidewalks,
there's (D major) gutters lined in song (G major)
Dear, I hear that beer flows through the
faucets all night (D major) long
There's (G major) treasure for the taking,
for any hard working (D major) man
Who will (G major) make his home (C major) in the American (D major)
(G major) land
Interlude 1
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Verse 4
I (G major) docked at Ellis Island in
a city (D major) of light and spire (G major)
I wandered to the valley of
red-hot steel steel and fire (D major)
We (G major) made the steel that built the cities
with the sweat of our two (D major) hands
And I (G major) made my home (C major) in the
American (D major) (G major) land
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Verse 5
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There's diamonds in the sidewalk,
there's (D major) gutters lined in song (G major)
Dear I hear that beer flows through the
faucets all night (D major) long
There's (G major) treasure for the taking,
for any hard working (D major) man
Who will (G major) make his (C major) home in the
American (D major) land (G major)
Interlude 2
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Verse 6
The (G major) (D major) (G major) (C major) (D major) (G major)
McNicholas,
the Posalski's, the Smiths, Zerillis too
The Blacks, the Irish, Italians,
the Germans and the Jew (D major) s
The (G major) Puerto Ricans, illegals, the Asians,
Arabs miles from (D major) home
Come (G major) across the water (C major)
with a fire (D major) down be (G major) low
Verse 7
They (G major) died building the railroads,
worked to bones and skin
They died in the fields and factories,
names scattered in the wind (D major)
They (G major) died to get here a hundred years ago,
they're dyin' (D major) now
The (G major) hands that built the (C major) country
were always (D major) trying to keep down
(G major) There's
Verse 8
diamonds in the sidewalk,
there's (D major) gutters lined in song (G major)
Dear I hear that beer flows
through the faucets all night (D major) long
There's (G major) treasure for the taking,
for any hard working (D major) man
Who will (G major) make his home (C major) in
the American (D major) (G major) land
Who will make his home (C major) in
the (D major) American (G major) land
Who will make his (C major) home in the (D major) American land (G major)
Outro 1
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American Land
Bruce Springsteen
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