Americana Chords by Moe Bandy

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_ _ _ I've [A] traveled all [D] around this country _ _ In my [A] time I thought I'd [D] seen it all
_ [G] But today I [A] took a detour [Bm] down a back road [D] Through [E] a little town whose name I [A] can't recall
_ [D] There were old men [A] on beaches [D] playing checkers And children [A] playing hopscotch [D] on the square
_ [G] And high above [A] a statue [Bm] of an unknown [G] soldier [D] Old Glory [A] was waving in [D] the air
_ _ [Bm] Suddenly [G] I [D] realized what I'd too long forgotten [Bm] A chill rose [G] up like mountains on [A] my skin
_ _ [Bm] Overcome [G] with a feeling [D] I knew [G] I was seeing [D] America [A] all [D] over again
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_ [G] Pictures [A] of a people [D] proud and free _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
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_ [Em] _ [A] I'll keep holding [Bm] to the dream You're [G] _ [A] still what living [D] means to me
[G] I [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _
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knew to [A] stop would throw me [D] off my schedule But I parked around behind the Five and Dime
_ [G] There's something [A] about a small town [Bm] in the summer [A] Like [D] a [E] Norman Rockwell picture [A] back in time
_ Kids recording at the Rexall [D] soda fountain Like we did before they built the shopping mall
I [G] saw so [A] many reasons [Bm] why I [G] love this country [D] You know some things never [A] really change at [D] all
As [Bm] I left the [G] two lane road and [D] pulled back on that super highway
[Bm] I thought of what I'd seen back [A] in that town And [Bm] it hit me [G] like a freight train
_ [D] That a stone's throw [G] from the fast lane _ [D] America [A] is still [D] safe and sound
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_ _ [G] Pictures [A] of a people [D] proud and free _ _ _ _ _ _ [G]
Americana
_ _ [Em] _ [A] I'll keep holding [Bm] to the dream [D] You're [G] _ [A] still what living [D] means to me
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Americana
_ _ [G] Pictures [A] of a people [D] proud and free _ _ _ _ _ _ [G]
Americana
_ _ [Em] _ [A] I'll keep holding [Bm] to the dream You're [G] _ [A] still what living [D] means to [A] me
_ [D] _ [G] Americana
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_ _ _ [G] Pictures [A] of a people proud [D] and free _ _ _ _ _ _ [G]
Americana
_ _ [Em] _ [A] I'll keep holding [Bm] to the dream [D] You're [G] _ [A] still what living [D] means _ _ _ _ to me _ _