Michael Patrick Kelly – America (Guitar)

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[Intro] F#m [Verse 1]
F#m
Touching ground on Ellis Island

F#m
Searching for the promised land

   D         E            F#m
Am I a legal alien coming home?

F#m
Fifty steps to win my freedom

F#m
Pushing to the golden fever

D                    E                 F#m
Running through your maze of steel and stone
[Pre-Chorus]
D                            F#m E
Somewhere between your stars and stripes

                     C#m   D
I think I see dawn's early light

D
Where is the love now?

       E            N.C.
Let it rise, let it rise
[Chorus]
  F#m      D
America, America

E                                            F#m
Wake up, wake up, wake up all your hopes and dreams

  F#m      D
America, America

E                                           F#m
Stand up, stand up, stand up for what you believe
[Verse 2]
F#m
Tell me, will you keep your promise?

F#m
I have come to find the solace

D               E             F#m
Glowing in your flame of liberty

F#m
Even though you've got your demons

F#m
In the end, your better angels

D                 E              F#m
Always change the course of history
[Pre-Chorus]
D                            F#m E
Somewhere between your stars and stripes

                     C#m   D
I think I see dawn's early light

D
Where is the love now?

      E             F#m
Let it rise, let it rise
[Chorus]
  F#m      D
America, America

E                                            F#m
Wake up, wake up, wake up all your hopes and dreams

  F#m      D
America, America

E                                           F#m
Stand up, stand up, stand up for what you believe

[Post-Chorus]
F#m         D
Woah-oh-oh (Woah-oh-oh)

     E     F#m
Woah-oh-oh (Woah-oh-oh)

D                      E                     F#m
Wake up, wake up, wake up all your hopes and dreams
[Pre-Chorus]
D                                E
Somewhere between your stars and stripes

E
I think I see dawn's early light

D
Bring back the love now

       E             F#m
Let it rise, let it rise
[Chorus] N.C. America, America
E                                            F#m
Wake up, wake up, wake up all your hopes and dreams

F#m        D
America, America

E                                            F#m
Stand up, stand up, stand up for what you believe

[Post-Chorus]
F#m         D
Woah-oh-oh (Woah-oh-oh)

     E     F#m
Woah-oh-oh (Woah-oh-oh)

N.C.                                                F#m
Wake up, wake up, wake up all your hopes and dreams
[Instrumental] F#m D E F#m [Outro]
F#m        D
America, America

E                                    F#m
Wake up, wake up all your hopes and dreams

F#m         D
America, America

E                                  F#m
Stand up, stand up for what you believe