Chords for Moe Bandy - "Americana"

_ _ I think every one of us that's been on a bus and traveled across the country has probably
lived this song.
We'd like to do it for you.
We're going to call him Eric Connell.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I've traveled [A] all [D] around this country.
_ _ In my time, I thought I'd seen it [D] all.
_ But today [G] I [A] took a detour [Bm] down the back road.
[D] _ Through a little [G#] town whose name [A] I can't recall.
There [D] were old men [A] on benches playing [D] checkers, _ _ children [A] playing [D] hopscotch on the square.
_ [G] And high above [A] a statue [Bm] of an [G] unknown soldier, [D] old glory [A] was waving [D] in the air.
_ _ [Bm] Suddenly [G] I realized [D] what I'd too long forgotten, [Bm] a chill rose [G] up like mountains on [A] my skin. _
_ _ [B] Overcome with [G] a feeling [D] that I knew I [G] was seeing [D] America [A] all over [D] again.
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] Americana, _ _ [G] pictures [A] of a people proud [D] and free.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] Americana, _ _ [Em] I'll [A] keep holding [Bm] to the dream, [D] _ _ [G] you're [A] still what living [D] means to me.
[Em] You know when I [A] recorded this song we brought [A] a bunch of [D] my friends off the street and everywhere in to sing with us.
And always when I do this song around the country I try to get the audience to sing.
And I think we got a couple of singers in this audience.
If I get you to help me on just the one word Americana, then I'll tell you when to come in.
_ And I knew the stop [A] would throw me off [D] my schedule, _ _ so I parked around [A] behind the [D] five and nine. _ _
[G] There's something about [A] a small town [Bm] in the summer, _ [D] _
[E] like a Norman Rockwell picture back [A] in time. _ _
[D] Kids recording at [A] the Rexall [D] soda fountain, _ _ like we did before [A] they built the shopping [D] mall.
_ [G] I saw so [A] many reasons [Bm] why I love this [D] country, you know some things [A] never really [D] change at all.
As [Bm] I left the two [G] lane road and pulled [D] back on that super highway,
[Bm] I thought of what [G] I'd seen back in that [A] town.
_ [Bm] And it hit me like [G] a freight train, that [D] a stone's throw from the fast lane.
_ _ America [A] is still safe [D] and sound.
Everybody sing, here we go.
_ _ [G] _ _
[A] Americana, _ _ [G] pictures [A] of the people proud [D] and free.
Here we go. _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Em] I'll [A] keep holding [Bm] to the dream.
[D] _ _ [G] You're still [A] what living [D] means to me.
One more time, here [A] we go.
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
[A] _ _ Americana, [G] pictures [A] of the people [D] proud and free. _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ Americana, _ [Em] I'll [A] keep holding [Bm] to the dream.
[D] _ _ [G] You're [A] still what living [D] means to me. _ _ _ _ _
Yeah boy.
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ Thank [D] you.
_ _ Well done.
[B] _ These clips are [F#] great, but to see [B] full episodes, go to countryroadtv.com. _ _ _ _