Chords for América - A Horse With No Name (Live in Chicago)
Tempo:
126.9 bpm
Chords used:
Em
F#m
Bm
D
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] [Em] [D]
[Em] [D]
[Em]
[D] [Em]
[D] On [Em] the first part [F#m] of the [D] journey [Em] I was looking at all [Bm] the life.
[Em] There were plants and [F#m] birds and rocks [Em] and things.
There was sand and hills and rain.
The first thing I met [D] was a fly with a [Em] buzz and the sky with [F#m] no clouds.
[Em] The heat was hot and [F#m] the ground was dry but [Em] the air was full [F#m] of sound.
[Em] I've been through the desert [F#m] on a horse with no [Bm] name.
It [Em] felt good to be out [F#m] of the rain.
In [Em] the desert you can [Bm]
remember your name.
[Em] As there ain't no one for [F#m] to give you [Em] no pain.
La la [F#m]
la la [G] la la la la [Bm] la.
La
[F#m] [Em] la la la la la la.
[A] [Em] [Bm]
[F#m] [Em] Two days [D] in the desert [Bm] sun [Em] my skin began to [Bm] turn red.
[Em] After three days [D] in the desert mud I [Em] was looking at a [F#m]
riverbed.
[Em] And the story told [F#m] of a river that flowed made [Em] me sad to think it was [F#m]
dead.
You [Em] see, I've been [Bm] through the desert [F#m] on a horse with no name.
It [Em] felt good to be out [F#m] of the rain.
[Em] In the desert, you [F#m] can remember your [Em] name.
Cause there ain't no one [F#m] for to give you no [Em] praise.
Love, [F#m]
love, love, love, [G] [Bm]
[F#m] [Em] love.
[Bm]
[F#m] [Em] [Bm]
[F#m] [Em] [F#m]
[Em] [F#m]
[Em] [A]
[Em] [D]
[Em] [D]
[Em] [A]
[Em] [A]
[Em] [Bm] [A]
[Bm] [A]
[Em] [A]
[Bm] [A] [D]
[Em] [G] [A] [D] [E] And after nine days, I let [F#m] the horse run free.
Cause [Em] the desert had turned to [F#m] sea.
There [Em] were plants and birds and [F#m] rocks and [A] things.
[Em] There was sand and hills and [F#m] rain.
[Em] The ocean is the desert [F#m] where there's life underground.
[D] And [Em] the perfect disguise of [F#m] all.
[Em] Under the cities lies a [A] heart made of ground.
But [Bm] the humans will give no [A] love.
[Em] You see, I've been [Bm] through the desert on a [C#] horse with no name.
It felt good [Bm] to be out of the [A] rain.
[Em] In the desert, [Bm]
you can remember your [Em] name.
Cause there ain't no one for [A] to give you no praise.
[Em] Love, [Bm] love, love, love, love.
[D] [Em] [Bm]
[Em]
[D] [Em] Thank [Bm]
[F#m] [Em] you so very much.
[F#m] I want to thank the whole [Em] soundstage crew.
Joe Thomas, [F#m] of course, Mr.
[E] Glazier, [F#m] Henry Gilts again, [A] and Christopher [Bm] Cross.
Drive safe, play safe, and remember [E] always, America loves [F#m] you.
[Bm] Thank you.
[Em] [B]
[Em] [D]
[Em]
[D] [Em]
[D] On [Em] the first part [F#m] of the [D] journey [Em] I was looking at all [Bm] the life.
[Em] There were plants and [F#m] birds and rocks [Em] and things.
There was sand and hills and rain.
The first thing I met [D] was a fly with a [Em] buzz and the sky with [F#m] no clouds.
[Em] The heat was hot and [F#m] the ground was dry but [Em] the air was full [F#m] of sound.
[Em] I've been through the desert [F#m] on a horse with no [Bm] name.
It [Em] felt good to be out [F#m] of the rain.
In [Em] the desert you can [Bm]
remember your name.
[Em] As there ain't no one for [F#m] to give you [Em] no pain.
La la [F#m]
la la [G] la la la la [Bm] la.
La
[F#m] [Em] la la la la la la.
[A] [Em] [Bm]
[F#m] [Em] Two days [D] in the desert [Bm] sun [Em] my skin began to [Bm] turn red.
[Em] After three days [D] in the desert mud I [Em] was looking at a [F#m]
riverbed.
[Em] And the story told [F#m] of a river that flowed made [Em] me sad to think it was [F#m]
dead.
You [Em] see, I've been [Bm] through the desert [F#m] on a horse with no name.
It [Em] felt good to be out [F#m] of the rain.
[Em] In the desert, you [F#m] can remember your [Em] name.
Cause there ain't no one [F#m] for to give you no [Em] praise.
Love, [F#m]
love, love, love, [G] [Bm]
[F#m] [Em] love.
[Bm]
[F#m] [Em] [Bm]
[F#m] [Em] [F#m]
[Em] [F#m]
[Em] [A]
[Em] [D]
[Em] [D]
[Em] [A]
[Em] [A]
[Em] [Bm] [A]
[Bm] [A]
[Em] [A]
[Bm] [A] [D]
[Em] [G] [A] [D] [E] And after nine days, I let [F#m] the horse run free.
Cause [Em] the desert had turned to [F#m] sea.
There [Em] were plants and birds and [F#m] rocks and [A] things.
[Em] There was sand and hills and [F#m] rain.
[Em] The ocean is the desert [F#m] where there's life underground.
[D] And [Em] the perfect disguise of [F#m] all.
[Em] Under the cities lies a [A] heart made of ground.
But [Bm] the humans will give no [A] love.
[Em] You see, I've been [Bm] through the desert on a [C#] horse with no name.
It felt good [Bm] to be out of the [A] rain.
[Em] In the desert, [Bm]
you can remember your [Em] name.
Cause there ain't no one for [A] to give you no praise.
[Em] Love, [Bm] love, love, love, love.
[D] [Em] [Bm]
[Em]
[D] [Em] Thank [Bm]
[F#m] [Em] you so very much.
[F#m] I want to thank the whole [Em] soundstage crew.
Joe Thomas, [F#m] of course, Mr.
[E] Glazier, [F#m] Henry Gilts again, [A] and Christopher [Bm] Cross.
Drive safe, play safe, and remember [E] always, America loves [F#m] you.
[Bm] Thank you.
[Em] [B]
Key:
Em
F#m
Bm
D
A
Em
F#m
Bm
_ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ On [Em] the first part [F#m] of the [D] journey _ [Em] I was looking at all [Bm] the life.
_ [Em] There were plants and [F#m] birds and rocks [Em] and things.
There was sand and hills and rain.
_ _ The first thing I met [D] was a fly with a [Em] buzz and the sky with [F#m] no clouds.
_ [Em] The heat was hot and [F#m] the ground was dry but [Em] the air was full [F#m] of sound.
_ [Em] _ I've been through the desert [F#m] on a horse with no [Bm] name.
It [Em] felt good to be out [F#m] of the rain.
In [Em] the desert you can [Bm]
remember your name.
[Em] As there ain't no one for [F#m] to give you [Em] no pain.
_ La la _ [F#m]
la la [G] la la la la [Bm] la.
La _
[F#m] _ _ [Em] _ la la la la la la.
[A] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ [Em] Two days [D] in the desert [Bm] sun [Em] my skin began to [Bm] turn red.
_ [Em] After three days [D] in the desert mud I [Em] was looking at a _ [F#m]
riverbed.
_ [Em] And the story told [F#m] of a river that flowed made [Em] me sad to think it was [F#m]
dead.
You [Em] see, I've been [Bm] through the desert [F#m] on a horse with no name.
It [Em] felt good to be out [F#m] of the rain.
_ [Em] In the desert, you [F#m] can remember your [Em] name.
Cause there ain't no one [F#m] for to give you no [Em] praise.
Love, _ _ [F#m]
love, love, love, [G] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ [Em] _ _ love.
[Bm] _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _
[Em] _ _ [G] _ [A] _ _ _ [D] [E] And after nine days, I let [F#m] the horse run free.
Cause [Em] the desert had turned to [F#m] sea.
There [Em] were plants and birds and [F#m] rocks and [A] things.
[Em] There was sand and hills and [F#m] rain.
_ [Em] The ocean is the desert [F#m] where there's life underground.
[D] And [Em] the perfect disguise of [F#m] all.
[Em] Under the cities lies a [A] heart made of ground.
But [Bm] the humans will give no [A] love.
[Em] You see, I've been [Bm] through the desert on a [C#] horse with no name.
It felt good [Bm] to be out of the [A] rain.
[Em] In the desert, [Bm]
you can remember your [Em] name.
Cause there ain't no one for [A] to give you no praise.
[Em] Love, [Bm] love, _ _ love, love, love. _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Em] _ Thank [Bm] _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [Em] you so very much.
[F#m] I want to thank the whole [Em] soundstage crew.
Joe Thomas, [F#m] of course, Mr.
[E] Glazier, _ [F#m] Henry Gilts again, [A] and Christopher [Bm] Cross. _ _
Drive safe, play safe, and remember [E] always, America loves [F#m] you.
[Bm] _ Thank you.
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ On [Em] the first part [F#m] of the [D] journey _ [Em] I was looking at all [Bm] the life.
_ [Em] There were plants and [F#m] birds and rocks [Em] and things.
There was sand and hills and rain.
_ _ The first thing I met [D] was a fly with a [Em] buzz and the sky with [F#m] no clouds.
_ [Em] The heat was hot and [F#m] the ground was dry but [Em] the air was full [F#m] of sound.
_ [Em] _ I've been through the desert [F#m] on a horse with no [Bm] name.
It [Em] felt good to be out [F#m] of the rain.
In [Em] the desert you can [Bm]
remember your name.
[Em] As there ain't no one for [F#m] to give you [Em] no pain.
_ La la _ [F#m]
la la [G] la la la la [Bm] la.
La _
[F#m] _ _ [Em] _ la la la la la la.
[A] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ [Em] Two days [D] in the desert [Bm] sun [Em] my skin began to [Bm] turn red.
_ [Em] After three days [D] in the desert mud I [Em] was looking at a _ [F#m]
riverbed.
_ [Em] And the story told [F#m] of a river that flowed made [Em] me sad to think it was [F#m]
dead.
You [Em] see, I've been [Bm] through the desert [F#m] on a horse with no name.
It [Em] felt good to be out [F#m] of the rain.
_ [Em] In the desert, you [F#m] can remember your [Em] name.
Cause there ain't no one [F#m] for to give you no [Em] praise.
Love, _ _ [F#m]
love, love, love, [G] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ [Em] _ _ love.
[Bm] _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _
[Em] _ _ [G] _ [A] _ _ _ [D] [E] And after nine days, I let [F#m] the horse run free.
Cause [Em] the desert had turned to [F#m] sea.
There [Em] were plants and birds and [F#m] rocks and [A] things.
[Em] There was sand and hills and [F#m] rain.
_ [Em] The ocean is the desert [F#m] where there's life underground.
[D] And [Em] the perfect disguise of [F#m] all.
[Em] Under the cities lies a [A] heart made of ground.
But [Bm] the humans will give no [A] love.
[Em] You see, I've been [Bm] through the desert on a [C#] horse with no name.
It felt good [Bm] to be out of the [A] rain.
[Em] In the desert, [Bm]
you can remember your [Em] name.
Cause there ain't no one for [A] to give you no praise.
[Em] Love, [Bm] love, _ _ love, love, love. _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Em] _ Thank [Bm] _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [Em] you so very much.
[F#m] I want to thank the whole [Em] soundstage crew.
Joe Thomas, [F#m] of course, Mr.
[E] Glazier, _ [F#m] Henry Gilts again, [A] and Christopher [Bm] Cross. _ _
Drive safe, play safe, and remember [E] always, America loves [F#m] you.
[Bm] _ Thank you.
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _