America Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Electric piano]
[C][C][C][C]
[C][C][C][C]

[Verse 1]
Is this just an [Am]illusion[F][C]
That I [Am]made inside my [F]head to get [C]me by?
[Am]Twenty years in debt
Twenty years in the government
[F]Twenty years can never get me by

[Interlude 1]
[C][C][C][C]

[Pre-chorus 1]
Then I [Dm]feel you close
Feel you close like you wanted me to
Feel you close like you [F]wanted me to

[Chorus 1]
Believe in you
[Am]Rise to the top of the [Em]world, A[F]merica
A[C]merica, [G]don't you [Am]cry[Em]
Lift me [F]up
Give me [C]strength to [G]press on
[Am]Rise to the top of the [F]world, A- [C]merica
America, don't you [Am]cry[F]
Lift me [C]up

[Interlude 2]
Give me strength to press on
[C][C][C][C]

[Verse 2]
From farmers in the [Am]fields[F][C]
To the [Am]tallest of the [F]towers that fall [C]and rise
1-[Am]7-7- [F]6
[C]The names upon the list
For [Am]all the ones that [F]gave until t[C]hey died

[Pre-chorus 2]
[Dm]Don't you hold back
I can [F]see in your mind,
and your mind will set you free
[Am][F][C]
[Am][F][C]
And I [Dm]feel you close
Feel you close like you wanted me to
Feel you close like you [F]wanted me to

[Chorus 2]
Believe in you
[Am]Rise to the top of the [Em]world, A[F]merica
A[C]merica, [G]don't you [Am]cry[Em]
Lift me [F]up
Give me [C]strength to [G]press on
[Am]Rise to the top of the [F]world, A- [C]merica
America, don't you [Am]cry[F]
Lift me [C]up

[Solo 1]
Give me strength to press on
[G][F][C][C]
[G][F][C][C]
[G][F][Am][G][F]
[Dm][Dm][F][F]

[Chorus 3]
[Am]Rise to the top of the [Em]world, A[F]merica
A[C]merica, [G]don't you [Am]cry[Em]
Lift me [F]up
Give me [C]strength to [G]press on
[Am]Rise to the top of the [F]world, A- [C]merica
America, don't you [Am]cry[F]
Lift me [C]up
Give me strength to press on