Key: F major
Verse 1
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E
You know, history is full of promises.
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F#m
Some good, some bad.
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Bm
This song is about a promise made
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A
by one group of free men to another.
Adim
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See if you remember it.
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F#m
C#
A
In America, you'll get food to eat.
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E
D
You won't have to run through the jungle
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D
and scuff up your feet.
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C#
You just sing songs about Jesus
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C#
A
an d drink wine all day.
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E
D
It's great to be an American
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D
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F#m
B
Ain't no lions, no tigers,
ain't no momma snake
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Esus4
D
Just a sweet watermelon
Esus4
D
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D
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and a buckwheat cake
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Bsus4
B
E
man can be
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Esus4
Climb aboard little one,
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A
sail away with me
D
A
Come on, sail away, sail away,
E
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F#m
Sail away, we will cross the mighty ocean
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Bm
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into Charleston Bay
Bm
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D
Sail away, sail away, yeah
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F#m
B
We will cross the mighty ocean
Esus4
A
into Charleston Bay
F#m
Bsus4
B
Esus4
In America every man is free
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Esus4
D
To take care of his home
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D
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and his family
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E
F#m
you're all gonna be an American.
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Esus4
A
Sail away, sail away,
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F#m
We will cross the mighty ocean
Bm
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Bm
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D
Oh, sail away, sail away, sail away.
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F#m
B
We will cross the mighty ocean
Esus4
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D
into Charleston Bay.
F#m
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F#m
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Esus4
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D
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Sail away, will cross the
Bm
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Bm
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D
Oh, sail away, sail away
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F#m
B
Ah, we will cross the mighty ocean
Esus4
A
in a Charleston bay
Esus4
A
Oh, sail away,
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