America Chords by Michael Patrick Kelly

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_ _ _ _ Touching ground on Ellis Island _ Searching for the promised land
[D] Am I a legal [E]
alien coming [F#m] home? _ _ _
[G#] _ _ _ _ [F#m] Fifty steps to win my freedom _ Pushing to the golden fever
[D] Running through [E] your maze of steel and [F#m] stone _ _ _
_ [G#] _ _ [D] _ _ _ Somewhere between [F#m] your stars and [E] stripes I think I see [C#m] dawn's early [D] light
Where is good [F#m] love now?
Let [E] it rise, let it rise _ [A] [F#] I'm mad!
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_ _ _ [E] Wake up with _ _ all your hopes [F#] and [G#] dreams
[F#m] Stand _ [A] _ [G#] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [E] _ up, stand up, stand up, all to [F#] flee
[G#] _ [F#m] Only _ _ [F#] _ _ _ will you [F#m] keep your promise
I've come to find the [D] solace glowing in [E] your flame of [F#m] liberty _ _ _
Even _ _ _ _ though you've got your demons
In the end, your better [D] angels always change [E] the course of [F#m] history _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ Somewhere between [F#m] your stars [E] and stripes I still can see [C#m] dawn's early [D] light
Where is good love [F#m] now?
Let [E] it rise, let [C#m] it _ [D] rise [F#] I'm mad!
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_ Wake [E] _ up with _ _ all [F#] your hopes and dreams
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_ _ [D] Stand _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ up, stand up, stand up, all to [F#] _ [G#] flee
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Only _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
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_ [C#m] _ _ [D] will you keep [E] _
_ your [F#] promise
_ Somewhere _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ between your stars [E] and stripes I still can see dawn's early [D] light
Where is good _ [F#m] love now?
Let [C#m] it rise, let it _ rise
I'm mad! _ _
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Wake [E] _ _ _ _ _
up with all your [F#] hopes and [G#] dreams
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_ _ _ [E] _ Stand up, stand up, stand up, all to [F#] flee
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_ Only [D] will you keep your promise _
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_ [A] _ _ Wake up, wake up, wake up, all your [G#] hopes and [F#m] dreams _ _
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_ [D] America, America _ _ _
_ _ [E] Wake up, wake up, all your [G#] hopes and _ [F#m] dreams _
_ _ _ [F#] _ America, _ [F#m] _
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America
_ _ _ [E] Stand up, stand up, for what [F#m] you believe _
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