Geoff Moore And The Distance - New Americans Chords

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[Ebm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ Each [B] recent [Ab] true [Abm] generation [Gb] X [Db] never has left any good [Gb] or patriotic [Ab] list.
As the [Db] bells of freedom rang, in the [Gb] name of liberty we [B] run down each other.
[Db] Chasing the [B] American dream, who will help to lead [Db] the way?
Back to what we have learned [B] so great, is there anyone who [Db] will say
This is God's [Eb] country, _ [Ab] calling for [Db] our new [Ab] _ [Eb] man.
[Ab] Ready to make a [Db] stand, ready [Ab] to take back the [Eb] land, [Ab] calling for our new man.
_ [Gb] Rich and poor, young and [Db] old, rough and [Gb] boring, can't be [Ab] so.
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From coast to [Abm] coast, like a [Gb] growing storm has it,
Army of the [F] Army, [Gb] living amongst the [Ab] norm, [Eb] for what did you find?
[Gb] A dollar sale, they are more than a hefty slogan,
[Db] There's a passion by which you [B] need it, so come join us in [Db] the fight.
Better run, to the right, [Eb] _ _
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[Ab] if you make a [Db] stand, ready [Ab] to take back the [Eb] land, [Ab] calling for our new man.
[Eb] Rich and [Ab] poor, young and [Db] old, rough and [Ab] boring, can't be [Eb] so.
[Ab] Calling for [Db] our new [Ab] America,
[Eb] In the [Ab] yellow, black and [Db] white, we'll never [Ab] ever give up and [Eb] fight.
[Ab] Calling for [Db] our new [Ab] America,
[Gb] Longs for the honest [Db] state, a new time is [Eb] at [B] stake.
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There are [Ab] people out there _ talking about you.
_ _ _ _ [Gb] They're saying that _ the _ generations represented in this room tonight
[Eb] _ _ _ [Ebm] represent the group of people that have [Ab] cared the least about America
than any group that's ever lived here.
I don't know how that makes you feel, but it doesn't make me feel very good.
_ [Gb] Because friends, if [Ab] we don't stand up for truth,
_ somebody else is going to [Ebm] stand up for their version of the truth,
[Ab] and it's simply going to be another lie. _
_ _ There are people that will say, man, we just have to solve a few big problems.
_ Feed the hungry, stop teen [Eb] pregnancy, bring racial harmony, find the cure to AIDS.
[Ab] Those things are important, but don't be deceived.
[Ebm] They are symptoms [Ab] only of a much greater illness.
We are the new Americans.
We are joining in [Db] spreading the word that there is one way that America can be restored.
That's when its people of every nationality, [B] its people of every financial strata,
[Ab] its people north and south and east and west,
fall on their knees before an [Gb] almighty God and ask him to [Eb] heal our [Ab] land. _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ Jesus!
_ _ _ _ _ Heal [Eb] us!
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_ [Ab] We are the [Db] new [Ab] Americans. _
[Eb] _ Ready to take a [Db] stand, ready [Ab] to take back the [Eb] land.
[Ab] We are the [Db] new [Ab] _
[Eb] Americans.
Rich and [Ab] poor and young and [Db] old, happy, [Ab] born and keeping, [Eb] so.
[Ab] We are the [Db] new [Ab] _
[Eb] Americans.
Red and [Ab] yellow, black and [Db] white, who never, [Ab] ever give up the [Eb] fight.
[Ab] We are [Db] the new [Ab] _
[Eb] Americans.
Who vote in [Ab] line, make the [Db] choice, speak for [Abm] those [F] without a [Eb] voice.
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[Eb] _ We [Db] are the _ _ [Ab] _
[Eb] new Americans.
Who vote [Ab] in line, make the [Db] choice, speak for [Ab] those without a [Eb] voice.
[Bm] Calling the [E] new Americans.
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ [Db] Are you out [Ab] there?
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