Key: F major
Verse 1
F#
C#
You know, history is full of promises.
B
D#m
Some good, some bad.
B
G#m
This song is about a promise made
C#
F#
by one group of free men to another.
F#dim
F#
See if you remember it.
A#
D#m
A#
F#
In America, you'll get food to eat.
B
C#
B
You won't have to run through the jungle
F#
B
and scuff up your feet.
F#
A#
You just sing songs about Jesus
D#m
A#
F#
an d drink wine all day.
E
B
C#
B
It's great to be an American
F#
B
F#
D#m
G#
Ain't no lions, no tigers,
ain't no momma snake
B
C#sus4
B
Just a sweet watermelon
C#sus4
B
F#
B
F#
and a buckwheat cake
G#
G#sus4
G#
C#
man can be
B
C#sus4
Climb aboard little one,
B
F#
sail away with me
B
F#
Come on, sail away, sail away,
C#
F#
D#m
Sail away, we will cross the mighty ocean
G#
G#m
F#
into Charleston Bay
G#m
F#
B
Sail away, sail away, yeah
F#
D#m
G#
We will cross the mighty ocean
C#sus4
F#
into Charleston Bay
D#m
G#sus4
G#
C#sus4
In America every man is free
B
C#sus4
B
To take care of his home
F#
B
F#
and his family
F#
C#
D#m
you're all gonna be an American.
C#
C#sus4
F#
Sail away, sail away,
F#
D#m
We will cross the mighty ocean
G#m
F#
G#m
F#
B
Oh, sail away, sail away, sail away.
F#
D#m
G#
We will cross the mighty ocean
C#sus4
F#
B
into Charleston Bay.
D#m
F#
D#m
F#
C#sus4
F#
B
F#
Sail away, will cross the
G#m
F#
G#m
F#
B
Oh, sail away, sail away
F#
D#m
G#
Ah, we will cross the mighty ocean
C#sus4
F#
in a Charleston bay
C#sus4
F#
Oh, sail away,
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