Dion – Song For Sam Cooke Here In America (Guitar)

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SONG: SONG FOR SAM COOKE (HERE IN AMERICA) ARTIST: DION ft. PAUL SIMON TAB BY: DON CZARSKI EMAIL: [email protected] SONG FOR SAM COOKE (HERE IN AMERICA) DION ft. PAUL SIMON INTRO: G Em G Em VERSE:
G                              Em
We traveled this land back in nineteen sixty-two

G                               Em
We played the places that were home to me and you

G                    Em
We drove to Memphis, we rocked a set

G                                   Em
We walked the streets at night and smoked a cigarette
CHORUS:
          C     Cmaj7
Here in America

Cmaj7  Em
Heeeeeeere in America

              Am               Am7
There was so much I didn't know

           D
About the way that life could go

          Em    Em
Here in America
VERSE:
 G                        Em
Down the block I saw the people stop and stare

 G                           Em
You did your best to make a Yankee boy aware

G                          Em
I never thought about the color of your skin

G                          Em
I never worried 'bout the hotel I was in
CHORUS:
          C             Cmaj7
Here in America (Woh oh woh oh)

Cmaj7  Em
Heeeeeeere in America (In America)

         Am                Am7
But the places I could stay

          D
They all made you walk away

          Em    Em
Here in America
G Em G Em VERSE:
 G                               Em
You were the man who earned the glory and the fame

 G                                Em
But cowards felt that they could call you any name

 G                  Em
You were the star, standing in the light

 G                         Em
That won you nothing on a city street at night
CHORUS:
          C     Cmaj7
Here in America

Cmaj7  Em             Em
Heeeeeeere in America

          Am                   Am7
You were told that we were free

              D
This land is made for you and me

          Em    Em  Em  Em
Here in America
VERSE:
 G                             Em
You stayed more steady than a backbeat on a drum

 G                           Em
You told me you believed a change was gonna come

 G                   Em
You sang for freedom but lived life free

G                          Em
I saw it in your smile and in your dignity
CHORUS:
          C     Cmaj7
Here in America

Cmaj7  Em             Em
Heeeeeeere in America

             Am                  Am7
A preacher's kid you'll always be

              D
Singing the truth to set us free

          Em    Em
Here in America

          Em    Em  Em  Em
Here in America
VERSE:
 G                              Em
You were a star when you were standing on a stage

G                      Em
 I look back on it, I feel a burning rage

 G                         Em
You sang "You Send Me", I sang "I Wonder Why"

G                        Em
I still wonder, you were way too young to die
CHORUS:
          C                Cmaj7
Here in America (ooooh, ooh ooh oooooh ooh)

          Em     Em
Here in America

             Am                    Am7
Hey, Sam, I wish that you were near

   D
I wish that you were here
OUTRO:
          Em    Em
Here in America

          C     D
Here in America

  Em   Em
America

     C     D
In America

          Em   Em
Here in America