Tori Amos – America (Guitar)

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[Intro] E E/D C#m D E E/D C#m D [Verse 1]
E   E/D   C    Am
the other America

D                Em
you can find her sundays

Am      Em   A
sitting by a stream

E   E/D
on her own

C#m   D
all alone

E   E/D   C    Am
the other America

D                Em
might show up on tuesdays

Am      Em      D
at your kitchen door

B7           Em
she will ask politely

    Am   Em  D      B7
is anybody home?
[Chorus]
            C   Bm  Em
or did they all lay down

D/F# G               C
to sleep through the now

    G/B     C   Bm  Em
and if they all lay down

        Am   Em     D
I'll be waiting for them

F      C     D
at the river bed

G/B       C    Bm          E   E/D  C#m   D
once they wake from their rest
[Verse 2]
E   E/D   C    Am
the other America

D                Em
takes herself to night school

   Am   Em        D
to understand the law

B7                Em
she may bring you questions

Am       Em        D      B7
when she finds the flaw
[Chorus]
              C   Bm  Em
why did they all lay down

D/F#  G              C
to sleep through the now

   G/B      C   Bm  Em
and if they all lay down

        Am   Em     D
I'll be waiting for them

F      C     D
at the river bed

G/B       C    Bm         E   E/D  C#m   D
once they wake from their rest
[Bridge]
            E
we could be opening a doorway

              D
globally, but that's okay

                 G           
once upon a time you had faith

B                A#
you would not be swayed

   Dm                 Am           
by fools untouched by clairvoyance

C                   E
and you swore that we'd be brave

     C
well not today

   B
no not today
[Chorus]
            C   Bm  Em
because we all lay down

D/F#  G              C
to sleep through the now

    G/B     C   Bm  Em
and if we all lay down

        Am   Em     D
she'll be waiting for us

F         C     D
where the rivers cross

G/B     C    Bm         E
once we wake from our rest

 C#m     D      E   E/D   C     A
"all the best," The Other America