Tom Paxton – In America (Guitar Intro Tab)

[Intro]
    D        A        G           D
e|--2--3--2--0--2--0-----------------|
B|--3--------2--------3--3--3--0--3--|
G|--2--------2--------0--------0--2--|
D|--0--------2--------0--------0--0--|
A|--0--------0--------2--------2--0--|
E|--------------------3--------3-----|

   Em           A  D
e|--3--2--0-----0--------|
B|--0--------3--2--3--3--|
G|--0-----------2--2--2--|
D|--2-----------2--0--0--|
A|--2-----------0--0--0--|
E|--0--------------------|

D
I first came to this country

       G         D/F#
In the Spring 19-four

G                 D/F#
A lonely Jew from Warsaw

Em7        A
Never here before

   D               A/Db
We sailed into the harbor

       G       D
On the 17th of May

G                  D/F#
I disembarked with other Poles

A7            D      G D
Bound for the USA

     G
They looked me up, they looked me down

D/F#
And much to my surprise

     Em              D/F#
They asked about my family

     G                    A
They checked my mouth, my eyes

     D                A/Db
They put a chalk mark on my coat

   G                  D
My papers stamped and clear

    G                   D/F#
Was shuffled through an exit

      A            D      G D
And I suddenly was here

   A        A/Db
In America

     G                 D
Your torchlight shines afar

   A        A/Db
In America

       D                A
Like a shining, distant star

Bm              A               G
Here is where I wait to take my place

D/F#                           A
Here, in this land of hope and grace

   D         A/Db  G D
In America

   Em           A  D
e|--3--2--0-----0-----|
B|--0--------3--2--3--|
G|--0-----------2--2--|
D|--2-----------2--0--|
A|--2-----------0--0--|
E|--0-----------------|

D                A/Db
I got a job, got married

    G                 D
Had three kids of our own "

G                 D/F#
Thirty-five years came and went

     Em7             A
This place is now my home

D               A
Poland’s just a memory

G            D
Half a world away

    G                  D/F#
But still my heart was torn apart

     A           D
With what I read today

G
Nazis marching in the street

D/F#
And fires everywhere

    Em          D/F#
The Polish army vanquished

G             A
Terror in the air

D           A
Too many to remember

      G                D
We’ll never know their names

G                D
People who look just like me

    A            D       G D
Are loaded on to trains

             A        A/Db
But here in America

    G                 D
The torchlight shines afar

   A        A/Db
In America

       D                A
Like a shining, distant star

Bm                 A               G
Here is where I’ve come to take my place

D/F#                           A
Here, in this land of hope and grace

   D         A/Db  G D
In America

D                    A
It all seems like a nightmare now

G                     D/F#
Although we know it’s true

G                       D/F#
The horrors people have endured

    Em7           A
The evil some can do

   D               A/Db
To me now in these later days

    G              D
The lessons are so clear

G            D/F#
It cannot be forgotten

       A             D
And it cannot happen here

   A        A/Db
In America

    G                 D
Our torchlight shines afar

   A        A/Db
In America

       D                A
Like a shining, distant star

Bm              A                   G
Here is where we’ve come to take our place

D/F#                           A
Here, in this land of hope and grace

   D         A/Db  G D
In America

    G   D/F# A   G   A7  D   D
e|---3---2---0-------0---2---2---|
B|---0---3---2---3---2---3---3---|
G|---0---2---2---0---0---2---2---|
D|---0---0---2---0---2---0---0---|
A|---2---0---0---2---0---0---0---|
E|---3---2-------3---------------|