C
G7
C
I’ve traveled all around this country
G7
C
In my time I thought I’d seen it all
F
G7
Am
G7
But today I took a detour down a back-road
D7
G7
Through a little town whose name I can’t recall
C
G7
C
There were old men on benches playing checkers
G7
C
Children playing hopscotch on the square
F
G7
Am
F
And high above a statue of an unknown soldier
C
G7
C
Old Glory was waving in the air
Am
F
C
Suddenly I realized what I’d too long forgotten
Am
F
G7
A chill rose up like mountains on my skin
Am
F
C
F
Overcome with the feeling I knew I was seeing
C
G7
C
America all over again
F
G7
A—mer-icana
F
G7
C
Pictures of a people proud and free
Am
F
D7
G7
Am
G7
A—m-ericana I’ll keep holding to the dream
F
G7
C
You’re still what living means to me
G7
C
I knew to stop would throw me off my schedule
G7
C
But I parked around behind the Five and Dime
F
G7
Am
G7
There’s something bout a small town in the summer
D7
G7
Like a Norman Rockwell picture back in time
C
G7
C
Kids were courting at the Rexall soda fountain
G7
C
Like we did before they built the shopping mall
F
G7
Am
F
I saw so many reasons why I love this country
C
G7
C
You know some things never really change at all
Am
F
C
As I left the 2 lane road and pulled back on that superhighway
Am
F
G7
I thought of what I’d seen back in that town
Am
F
And it hit me like a freight train
C
F
That a stones throw from the fast lane
C
G7
C
America is still safe and sound
F
G7
A—mer-icana
F
G7
C
Pictures of a people proud and free
C
Am
F
D7
G7
Am
G7
A— m-er icana, I’ll keep holding to the dream
F
G7
C
You’re still what living means to me
G7
C
Am
F
D7
