Chords for David Morris - "Red, White & American Blues" (Official Music Video)

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_ Yeah, [F] _ _ oh [Gm] _
_ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ man, _ _ _ [F] yeah.
_ _ _ [Gm]
Coming [F] live from the [Eb] heartland in a nowhere town.
Dozing off in [F] homeroom, dreaming about getting out.
Fixing [F] up an old [Eb] Chevy and driving around.
[Cm]
Skipping rocks by the river [F] and waiting to be [Bb] found.
It's for the [F] kids working summers [Eb] out on their family farm.
10 hour days in the sun [F] setting them early alarms.
Birds chirping, roosters [Eb] crowing at the daybreak of dawn.
This for family traditions [F] that we carrying on.
This for active duty service [Eb] men and women
who are representing overseas,
defending [F] our freedoms, missing they family dinners.
This for all the [Eb] veterans coming home and just starting over.
Dealing with stuff we [F] can't understand
in the mind [Gm] of a soldier.
[F] It's for the [Eb] flashbacks, the nightmares, the memories,
the good times, the bad [F] times,
how it was and how it's meant [Gm] to be.
We'll [F] get through this [Eb] together.
Someday I hope eventually.
I just pray I'm [F] alive to receive the blessings sent for me.
Shout out to my [Eb] country folk, the working class,
the little guy.
Some of us don't [F] want to be famous.
We want a [Gm] simple life, a [F] healthy and a [Eb] happy family.
We just want to get it right.
A house and a steady [F] job and a cold beer on a [Gm] Friday night.
[F] I got the red, [Eb] white and American blues.
I'm in hand me down [F] Levi's and cowboy boots.
I've been lying to my whole [Eb] life.
Now I'm in search of the truth.
And my Cherokee doing [Dm] 90 on McCorkle Avenue.
[Gm] I write my name [F] on the wall so [Eb] they know me.
They keep hating on me.
Hungry like a [F] buffet at Shoney's.
It's me and the homies.
Yeah, we got each [Eb] other, but this little town is lonely
just because we went to high school [Dm] together.
Don't mean that you know [Gm] me.
Maybe [F] I'll get out.
[Eb] I drive a country mile.
This was single moms who worked two [F] jobs to a four day house.
For all my brothers who ain't [Eb] here.
I know they'd be proud.
I know they up there looking [Dm] down.
Don't worry, I got us [Gm] now.
I'm in a beat [F] up Chevy truck.
[Eb] I'm driving fast and revving up.
[Cm] I'm trying to leave all of my [F] problems,
but they just ain't letting up.
[Gm] I got some [F] demons trying to knock [Eb] me down,
but I keep getting up. _
Everybody's disappointing [F] me.
So I keep stepping up.
[Gm] This that West [F] Virginia _ [Eb] 304 live.
Appalachian vibes.
Get up off your [F] phone and go outside.
Shit, go for a drive.
Walk into the [Eb] woods and stare up at the sky
and appreciate the beauty in [Dm] this world.
You only got one life to [F] live.
[Eb] Go on, live it.
And if some shit needs [F] forgiving, just forgive it.
[Bb] Cause life is [F] precious, man.
[Eb] It could be gone in an [Cm] instant.
It's about appreciating [F] the moment of really being in [Gm] it.
Hey, [F] I got the red, [Eb] white and American blues.
When you come from where I come [F] from,
you got nothing to lose.
People gonna hate on you [Eb] anyways.
You got nothing to prove.
[Cm] Just stay focused, set [F] goals,
and make sure you follow [Gm] through.
I have [F] nightmares of seeing [Eb] my friends dying on the ground.
Hear mamas crying.
I'm in [F] a black tie and it's quiet now.
The sad thing is it's [Eb] happened too many times
to fucking count.
So the second they start [F] talking about popping pills,
I'm out.
[Gm] I'm turning that [F] shit off.
[Eb] Get lost, get well.
We don't glorify this shit [F] around here.
We get those people help.
They sent three million pills
[Eb] to a small town in West Virginia.
While American families [F] mourn,
these companies get richer.
It's crooked pharma.
It's [Eb] pocketed politicians.
Doctors writing prescriptions [F] enabling addiction.
It's the stigma attached to dependency
[Eb] that people judge but don't listen.
They'll engage from a distance
and [Dm] start treating you different.
[Gm]
I'm [F] barely alive, [Eb] buried inside.
It's very confined.
It's scary, I'm blind.
[F] I'm weary, I'm dying.
I'm bearing the weight of the world on my [Eb] shoulders
and biding my time.
[Cm]
Out of my mind, I'm waiting [F] for God to send me a [Gm] sign.
[F] I got the red, [Eb] white and American blues.
Go out there and make a [F] difference.
Don't just stare at the news.
[Gm] Follow your [F] dreams, aim for the [Eb] stars,
but remember the truth.
The top of the mountains [F] always got the scariest views.
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