The Beach Boys – Spirit Of America (Guitar)

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Chords

[Intro] Eb Cm [Chorus]
Ab         Bb
Spirit of America

Eb         Cm
Spirit of America

Ab         Bb
Spirit of America
[Verse 1]
    Ab              Cm        Ab                Bb
The Bonneville salt flats had seen some strange things

        Ab              Cm        Ab          Bb
But the strangest thing yet was a jet without wings

G                 G
Once as a jet, it played in the stars

    Cm         Eb               F           Bb
But now on the ground, it's the king of all cars
[Chorus]
Eb         Cm
Spirit of America

Ab         Bb
Spirit of America

Eb         Cm
Spirit of America

Ab         Bb
Spirit of America
[Verse 2]
     Eb             Cm       Ab          Bb
Half airplane, half auto now famous worldwide

    Eb         Cm          Ab          Bb
The Spirit of America, the name on the side

    G                             G
The man who would drive her Craig Breedlove by name

  Cm           Eb           F         Bb
A daring young man played a dangerous game
[Chorus]
Eb         Cm
Spirit of America

Ab         Bb
Spirit of America

Eb         Cm
Spirit of America

Ab         Bb
Spirit of America
[Verse 3]
       Eb Cm   Ab          Bb
With a J-47, a jet for his power

      Eb            Cm              Ab        Bb
Craig Breedlove had averaged four-o-seven per hour

     G                   G
Both man and machine had given fair warn

       Cm        Eb             F           Ab
They'd set a new record on that warm August morn'
[Chorus]
Eb         Cm
Spirit of America

Ab         Bb
Spirit of America

Eb         Cm
Spirit of America

Ab         Bb
Spirit of America