Key: A major
Verse 1
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My boy
was born in Arkansas
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back in 1932
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and a drive to be the best
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That's when the fire began
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in American man
There wasn't time for sleeping
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once he'd had a taste of fame
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Then a different need grew deep inside
Though he played his songs day after day
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and drove night after night
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Look, Mama, ain't he grand,
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an American man
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He gave it everything he had
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and tried to walk the line
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cause he was running out of time
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And lovely good woman,
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and God he'd always known
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He reached out his shaking hand,
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and a bear came back
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He's the voice of our great nation,
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he's the prophet of the plains
Storm clouds boil behind him
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as he stands there dressed in black
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Loved all over our land,
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an American man
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Loved all over our land,
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an American man
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Thank very
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