View Guitar Chords for America - chords ver. 1
************* AMERICA ************ written by Sammy Johns and performed by Waylon Jennings. Verse 1:Some have said,donDe through history If you last it's a mistery But i guess thAey don't know,what they're talking about D From the mountainsD down to the seaYou've become such a habit with me A D America,A-merher-ica Verse 2:Well i come from,doDwn around Tennesee But the people in California Are nice to mAe,A-merher-ica D It don't matter whDere i may roamTell you people that it's home sweet home A D America,A-merher-ica Chorus:And my brothers aGre all black and white,yellow too Bm And the red man is right,to expect a Alittle from you G Promise anAd then follow through,AmGerica DVerse 3:And the men,who Dfell on the planes And lived,through hardship and pain A D America,A-merher-ica And the men who Dcould not fightIn a war that didn't seem rightYou let them coAme home,A-merher-ica DChorus. Verse 4:Well i come from,dowDn around Tennesee But the people in California Are nice to mAe,A-merher-ica D It don't matter whDere i may roamTell you people that it's home sweet home A D America,A-merher-ica A D America,A-merher-icaIt's home swAeet home,A-merher-ica D A D America,A-merher-icaThanks to David M. Potter for the lyrics. Perret Charles-Amir.