Chords for Kurt Elling - American Tune (Official Video)
Tempo:
144.2 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
Am
Em
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[Am]
[C] [F] [Ab]
[Fm]
[C] [D]
[C]
[D]
Many's [C]
the time I've been [F] [E] mistaken [Am] And many [D]
[C] [F] [Ab]
[Fm]
[C] [D]
[C]
[D]
Many's [C]
the time I've been [F] [E] mistaken [Am] And many [D]
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G
C
Am
Em
D
G
C
Am
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[C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
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Many's _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ the time I've been _ [F] _ _ _ [E] mistaken _ _ [Am] And many _ [D] _ _
times [Am] confused _ _ _ _
Yes [C] and I've _ often felt _ [G] _ _ _ [Fm] forsaken _
_ _ [Am] And _ certainly [E] _
_ [Am] miss you
_ _ [G] _ _
[Em] _ [F] But I'm _ [G] _ alright, _ _ [F] I'm _ [G] _ alright _ [C] I'm just weary _ [Em] to _ [Am] my bone
_ [Em] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ Still [Dm] you don't expect [C] to be _ bright [D] and _ _ [G] bold If you're not so [Am] _ _
far [G] away _ [E] from home
_ [A] _ _ [C] _ So _ _ far away from _ _ home
_ _ _ _ And _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] I [C] don't know a soul who's _ not [Dm] been bad _ [G] I _ [D] don't [C] have a friend who _ _ feels [Am] at _ _ ease
[G] I don't know a dream [Am] that's [G] not [Fm] been _
_ [E] shattered _ Or [Am] _
driven [E] to glue _ its [Am] _
_ [Em] knees
_ Oh, [F] but it's _ [G] _ alright, _ [Am] _ it's _ [Bm] alright _ [G] Cause [C] we have lived so [Em] well so [Am] _ _
long
[Em] _ _ _ [D] Still _
_ _ [A] when I think [C] of the road [Gbm] we're _ _ [G] traveling on _ [Am] I wonder _ [G] what's gone _ [E] _ wrong
_ [Am] _
[Em] Can't help [C] it I wonder _ [G] _
what's gone [C] _ wrong _ _ And _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I dreamed I was dying _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I dreamed that my [Em] soul _ _ rose _ _ [Gm] unexpectedly _ _ [C] _
And looking [G] back down at me _
[D] Smiled [Am] _ _ [Bm] _ reassuringly [G]
And I dreamed [C] I was flying _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ And from high up [Em] above my _ _ _
[G] _ eyes Could [C] clearly [D] see
The [G] Statue of [Am] Liberty _ [E] _ _
Sailing _ [G] away to sea
And I dreamed I was _ _ _ [C] _
_ flying _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
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And we come on the [Dm] ship they [C] call me [Dm] flower _ [Em] We _
[A] come on the ship that _ [E] sailed the [Dm] moon _ _ _
We come [G] in the _ [Am] age's _
[G] most [Dm] _ _ [E] uncertain hour And [Ab] we [Am] sing an [Em] American _ tune
[Am] _ _ [Em] _
Oh, [C] and it's _ [G] _ alright, _ [F] it's [C] alright, [G] it's alright You [F] cannot be _ _ [Em] _
forever [Am] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
blessed
_ [D] _ _ _ [Gm] Still tomorrow's gonna [C] be _ another [D] _ _
working day _ [Am] And I'm trying [G] to get some _ [E] _
rest
_ [Am] _ _ [G] That's all [F] I'm just trying [G] to get some [C] _
rest _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
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[C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
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_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Many's _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ the time I've been _ [F] _ _ _ [E] mistaken _ _ [Am] And many _ [D] _ _
times [Am] confused _ _ _ _
Yes [C] and I've _ often felt _ [G] _ _ _ [Fm] forsaken _
_ _ [Am] And _ certainly [E] _
_ [Am] miss you
_ _ [G] _ _
[Em] _ [F] But I'm _ [G] _ alright, _ _ [F] I'm _ [G] _ alright _ [C] I'm just weary _ [Em] to _ [Am] my bone
_ [Em] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ Still [Dm] you don't expect [C] to be _ bright [D] and _ _ [G] bold If you're not so [Am] _ _
far [G] away _ [E] from home
_ [A] _ _ [C] _ So _ _ far away from _ _ home
_ _ _ _ And _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] I [C] don't know a soul who's _ not [Dm] been bad _ [G] I _ [D] don't [C] have a friend who _ _ feels [Am] at _ _ ease
[G] I don't know a dream [Am] that's [G] not [Fm] been _
_ [E] shattered _ Or [Am] _
driven [E] to glue _ its [Am] _
_ [Em] knees
_ Oh, [F] but it's _ [G] _ alright, _ [Am] _ it's _ [Bm] alright _ [G] Cause [C] we have lived so [Em] well so [Am] _ _
long
[Em] _ _ _ [D] Still _
_ _ [A] when I think [C] of the road [Gbm] we're _ _ [G] traveling on _ [Am] I wonder _ [G] what's gone _ [E] _ wrong
_ [Am] _
[Em] Can't help [C] it I wonder _ [G] _
what's gone [C] _ wrong _ _ And _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I dreamed I was dying _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I dreamed that my [Em] soul _ _ rose _ _ [Gm] unexpectedly _ _ [C] _
And looking [G] back down at me _
[D] Smiled [Am] _ _ [Bm] _ reassuringly [G]
And I dreamed [C] I was flying _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ And from high up [Em] above my _ _ _
[G] _ eyes Could [C] clearly [D] see
The [G] Statue of [Am] Liberty _ [E] _ _
Sailing _ [G] away to sea
And I dreamed I was _ _ _ [C] _
_ flying _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _
And we come on the [Dm] ship they [C] call me [Dm] flower _ [Em] We _
[A] come on the ship that _ [E] sailed the [Dm] moon _ _ _
We come [G] in the _ [Am] age's _
[G] most [Dm] _ _ [E] uncertain hour And [Ab] we [Am] sing an [Em] American _ tune
[Am] _ _ [Em] _
Oh, [C] and it's _ [G] _ alright, _ [F] it's [C] alright, [G] it's alright You [F] cannot be _ _ [Em] _
forever [Am] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
blessed
_ [D] _ _ _ [Gm] Still tomorrow's gonna [C] be _ another [D] _ _
working day _ [Am] And I'm trying [G] to get some _ [E] _
rest
_ [Am] _ _ [G] That's all [F] I'm just trying [G] to get some [C] _
rest _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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