Anthem chords by Nashville Session Players

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Verse 1
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We were bold in our innocence,
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brave, wild, and free
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Had our own rhyme and reason
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of how things were to be
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We wanted our freedom
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and shot way past the moon
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Now we still sing our anthem,
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but our hearts out of tune
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We rode Ezekiel's wheel,
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Elijah's chariot through the fire
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From sea to shining sea
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We filled up our hearts' desire
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We plowed fields of plenty
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Under freedom's great rainbow
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Oh, why did you leave me,
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where did you ever go?
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America, America,
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our green light's exposed.
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Inner cities are a wasteland,
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the heartland is foreclosed.
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It's the great harvest ending
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These cool winds of change blow
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Oh, America, America
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We'll reap what we sow
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We rode Ezekiel's wheel,
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Elijah's chariot through the fire
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From sea to shining sea,
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we filled up our hearts' de sire
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We ploughed fields of plenty
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under freedom's great rainbow
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And why did you leave me?
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Where did you ever go?
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Is the great harvest ending?
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These cruel winds of change alone
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America, why did you leave me?
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Where did you ever go?
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Thank for