Merle Haggard – American Waltz (Guitar)

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Chords

[Intro] D [Verse 1]
    D
The sweat of the oxen, the crack of the whip

                            G
The wheels turn slow in the dust

           A
And with a heart full of hope, with desire we wrote

G     A         D
  California or bust
[Chorus]
       G           A       D
And we danced the American waltz

   G             A        D
It couldn't have happened anywhere else

G           A          D
We used our muscle and we used our minds

Bm                   G
Building a nation, a dream at a time
[Interlude] D [Verse 2]
  D
A horse made of iron that could outrun the wind

                          G
Roared into the next century

       A
As the tracks turned to roads, and the crude oil flowed

            G            A           D
Through the veins of the great Model T
[Chorus]
   G           A       D
We danced the American waltz

   G             A        D
It couldn't have happened anywhere else

G           A       D
We used our muscle, we used our minds

Bm                   G
Building a nation, a dream at a time
[Interlude] D [Verse 3]
D
We had the courage and we made the machines

                      G
O'er like an eagle we flew

    A
And not long ago God reached out his hand

       G       A             D
To the man who walked on the moon
[Chorus]
       G           A       D
And we danced the American waltz

   G             A        D
It couldn't have happened anywhere else

G           A       D
We used our muscle, we used our minds

Bm                    G
Building a nation, (a dream at a time)

             D  N.C.
A dream at a time
[Outro]
        D      F#   Bm
And the dreams roll on

            G           A           D
Through the mothers and fathers and children

D           F#       Bm
Born on the wings of freedom

        G           D
Pass it on, pass it on