Matt Maher – Woke Up In America (Guitar)

Intro G C 3x
Verse 1

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I was born on a rock in the middle of the ocean

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Where the wind's so rough it can carry you to London

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It's a new found land with an old soul reaching

    G    C
For the light of day

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My parents gave me a life full of dreams

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Yeah they gave me a heart to endure most anything

   Am                                      C
But everyone gets a broken pair of wi ngs

                                               G
And if you try to fly you'll fail

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But a voice said "Lift up your head"

             Em                         C 
And my heart burst out of my chest

    G                                       C
I woke up in America for the love of God

       G                                    C
I woke up in America for something bigger than myself

    Em                      C
More than fireworks and fanfare

   G                            D
More than a star-spangled banner

    Em              C
You're still beautiful America

G                   C     
Yeah its late in the night look in the mirror

 G                            C
Count the lines on my face and wonder how they got there

    Am                                             C
Oh but every one's a story of how grace appeared

                                G
And carried me through the day

                          D
And the voice said, "this land ain't dead"

         Em                                  C
You still got better days up ahead

    G                                                  C
I woke up in America for the love of God

     G                                                 C
I woke up in America for something bigger than myself

     Em                           C
More than fireworks and fanfare

      G                            D  
More than a star-spangled banner

  Em                   C    
You're still beautiful America

Solo  Em C G D 2x
Bridge

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I've seen the horizon ablaze in Arizona

              G                             D 
Shoreline shoutin' over California

                   C 
Moonlight dancin' over the Dakotas

             G                              D
It breaks your heart, it's so beautiful

                     C
Lady Liberty, she leaves the light on

           G                                     D
From the west side all the way to Long Island

                C 
Carolina Coast to the Rocky Mountains

      G                                  D
The sun is shining over me

        G                                                  C
I woke up in America for the love of God

            G                                                   C
I woke up in America for something bigger than myself

     Em                                     C
More than wealth or depression

       G                                     D
More than a red or blue nation

       Em                                  C
Here in our hells and our heaven

       G                                      D
You're still beautiful America

      G                                     C
You're beautiful America

         G                                C          G
You're beautiful America