Key: F major
Verse 1
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You know, history is full of promises.
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Some good, some bad.
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This song is about a promise made
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by one group of free men to another.
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See if you remember it.
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In America, you'll get food to eat.
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You won't have to run through the jungle
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and scuff up your feet.
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You just sing songs about Jesus
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an d drink wine all day.
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It's great to be an American
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Ain't no lions, no tigers,
ain't no momma snake
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Just a sweet watermelon
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and a buckwheat cake
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man can be
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Climb aboard little one,
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sail away with me
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Come on, sail away, sail away,
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Sail away, we will cross the mighty ocean
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into Charleston Bay
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Sail away, sail away, yeah
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We will cross the mighty ocean
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into Charleston Bay
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In America every man is free
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To take care of his home
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and his family
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you're all gonna be an American.
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Sail away, sail away,
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We will cross the mighty ocean
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Oh, sail away, sail away, sail away.
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We will cross the mighty ocean
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into Charleston Bay.
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Sail away, will cross the
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Oh, sail away, sail away
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Ah, we will cross the mighty ocean
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in a Charleston bay
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Oh, sail away,
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