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American Tune chords by Paul Simon

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Intro 1

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Verse 1
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Many's the time I've been mistaken
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And many times confused
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Yes, and of ten felt forsaken
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And certainly misused
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Oh, but I'm all right, I'm all right
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I'm just we ary to my        bones
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Still, you don't expect to be
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Bright and bon vivant
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So far a  way from home,
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so  far away from home

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Verse 2
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I don't know a soul
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who's not been bat_- tered
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I don't have a friend who feels at ease
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I don't know a dream
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that's not been shattered
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or driven to its knees
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Oh, but it's all right, it's all right
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For we've lived so well so        long
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Still, when I think of the road
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we're traveling on, I  wonder
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what's gone wrong, I can't help it,
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I wonder what's gone wrong

Bridge 1
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And I dreamed I was dying
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I dreamed that my soul
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rose unexpectedly
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And looking back down at me
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Smiled reassuringly
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And I dreamed I was flying
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And high up above
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my eyes could clearly see
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The Statue of Liberty
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Sailing away to sea
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And I dreamed I was flying

Verse 3
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We come on the ship
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they call the Mayflower
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We come on the ship
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that sailed the moon
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We come in the a  ge's
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most uncer_- tain hour
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and sing an American tune
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Ooh, and it's all right,
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it's all right, it's all right
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You can't be for_- ever blessed
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Still, tomorrow's going to be
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another working day
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And I'm trying to get some rest
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That's all I'm trying, to get some

Outro 1

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(rest)

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1973Pop

American Tune

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