Chords for Waylon Jennings - America (Official Video)
Tempo:
127.4 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
G
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A]
[A]
[D] Some have said down through history if you last it's a mystery
[A] But I guess they don't know
What they're [D] talking about
from the mountains
Down to the sea you become
Such a habit with [A] me
America America
[D]
Well, I come from
downtown Tennessee, but the people
in California
[A] Nice to me America
[D]
It don't matter
Where I may wrong tell you people that it's home sweet [A] home
America America
[D]
[G] And my brother
Or all black and white [Bm] yellow, too
And the red man is right [A] to expect a little from [G] you
promise and then follow through
[D] America
[D] all the men
Who fell the flames and who live?
through hardship and [A] pain
[A] America
America
[D]
And the men who could not buy in a war
That didn't seem right.
[A] You let him come home America
[D]
[G] And my brother
Or all black and white [Bm] yellow, too
And the red man is right [A] to expect a little [G] from you
[A] promise and then follow [G] through
[D] America
[A]
[D] Well, I come from
downtown Tennessee with the people
in California
[A] Nice to me America
[D]
And no matter where I may wrong tell you people that it's home sweet home
[A] America America
[D] [D]
[A] America
[D] America
It's
[A] home sweet home America
[D]
[A]
[D] Some have said down through history if you last it's a mystery
[A] But I guess they don't know
What they're [D] talking about
from the mountains
Down to the sea you become
Such a habit with [A] me
America America
[D]
Well, I come from
downtown Tennessee, but the people
in California
[A] Nice to me America
[D]
It don't matter
Where I may wrong tell you people that it's home sweet [A] home
America America
[D]
[G] And my brother
Or all black and white [Bm] yellow, too
And the red man is right [A] to expect a little from [G] you
promise and then follow through
[D] America
[D] all the men
Who fell the flames and who live?
through hardship and [A] pain
[A] America
America
[D]
And the men who could not buy in a war
That didn't seem right.
[A] You let him come home America
[D]
[G] And my brother
Or all black and white [Bm] yellow, too
And the red man is right [A] to expect a little [G] from you
[A] promise and then follow [G] through
[D] America
[A]
[D] Well, I come from
downtown Tennessee with the people
in California
[A] Nice to me America
[D]
And no matter where I may wrong tell you people that it's home sweet home
[A] America America
[D] [D]
[A] America
[D] America
It's
[A] home sweet home America
[D]
Key:
A
D
G
Bm
A
D
G
Bm
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] Some have said down through history if you last it's a mystery
[A] But I guess they don't know _
What they're [D] talking about _ _ _
_ _ from the mountains _
Down to the sea you become
_ Such a habit with [A] me
America _ _ America
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ Well, I come from _
downtown Tennessee, but the people _
in California
[A] _ Nice to me _ America
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ It don't matter _
Where I may wrong tell you people that it's home sweet [A] home
America _ _ America
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] And my brother _
Or all black and white [Bm] yellow, too
_ And the red man is right [A] to expect a little from [G] you
_ _ promise and then follow through
_ [D] America _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] all the men
Who fell the flames and who live? _
through hardship and [A] pain
[A] _ _ America _
America
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ And the men _ who could not buy in a war _
That didn't seem right.
[A] You let him come home America
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] And my brother _
Or all black and white [Bm] yellow, too
_ And the red man is right [A] to expect a little [G] from you
_ [A] _ promise and then follow [G] through
_ [D] America
_ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [D] Well, I come from _
downtown Tennessee with the people
in _ California
[A] Nice to me _ America
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ And no matter _ _ where I may wrong tell you people that it's home sweet home
[A] _ America _ _ America
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ America _
_ _ [D] America
_ It's _
_ _ _ [A] home sweet home America
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] Some have said down through history if you last it's a mystery
[A] But I guess they don't know _
What they're [D] talking about _ _ _
_ _ from the mountains _
Down to the sea you become
_ Such a habit with [A] me
America _ _ America
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ Well, I come from _
downtown Tennessee, but the people _
in California
[A] _ Nice to me _ America
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ It don't matter _
Where I may wrong tell you people that it's home sweet [A] home
America _ _ America
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] And my brother _
Or all black and white [Bm] yellow, too
_ And the red man is right [A] to expect a little from [G] you
_ _ promise and then follow through
_ [D] America _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] all the men
Who fell the flames and who live? _
through hardship and [A] pain
[A] _ _ America _
America
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ And the men _ who could not buy in a war _
That didn't seem right.
[A] You let him come home America
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] And my brother _
Or all black and white [Bm] yellow, too
_ And the red man is right [A] to expect a little [G] from you
_ [A] _ promise and then follow [G] through
_ [D] America
_ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [D] Well, I come from _
downtown Tennessee with the people
in _ California
[A] Nice to me _ America
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ And no matter _ _ where I may wrong tell you people that it's home sweet home
[A] _ America _ _ America
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ America _
_ _ [D] America
_ It's _
_ _ _ [A] home sweet home America
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _