Jesse Welles – America Girl (Guitar)

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As recorded by Jesse Welles (2024 release) [Intro] N.C. G C G C [Chorus]
G     C/G
Woman

                      G   C/G
What am I supposed to do

G     C/G
Woman

   C                 G  C/G C
To get along with you
[Verse 1]
  Am
I read your books

  Am
I read your poems

        Bm
There's things I'll do

            Bm
And there's things I won't

               C
There's things to know

     C
That ain't been wrote

   D7
How'm I s'posed to keep on down this road
[Chorus]
G     C/G
Woman

                     G    C/G
How am I supposed to feel

G     C/G
Woman

C                    G    C/G
Is half of this even real
[Verse 2]
  Am
I kicked the nest

      Am
And I done been stung

              Bm
I can see the gallows

          Bm
Where I'm gonna be hung

 C
Maybe someday if we're lucky we'll find

  D7
A little bit a truth underneath the lies
[Bridge]
       Am
I been living in you

         Am
You been living in me

D7
I'll keep it real

D7
You keep it free

C                Bm
Tell me why it's gotta be

Am
So hard

 C
America, girl

D7
What's goin' on?
[Harmonica Solo] G C/G G C G Em G C G C G C C/G [Chorus]
G     C/G
Woman

                     G     C/G
Why's it gotta be so hard

G     C/G
Woman

   C                   G    C/G C
To know who you really are
[Verse 3]
  Am
I talked with yer ma

  Am
I talked with yer pa

  Bm
I talked with the devil

      Bm
And I talked with god

     C
I consulted the east

      C
And I went to the west

D7
Nobody could tell me which was best
[Bridge]
       Am
I been living in you

         Am
You been living in me

D7
I'll keep it real

D7
You keep it free

C                Bm
Tell me why it's gotta be

Am
So hard

 C
America, girl

D7
What's goin' on?
[Harmonica Solo] G C G C [Bridge]
       Am
I been living in you

         Am
You been living in me

D7
I'll keep it real

D7
You keep it free

C                Bm
Tell me why it's gotta be

Am
So hard

 C
America, girl

D7
What's goin' on?
[Outro] G C G C G