Americana Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][G]
[A][D]

[Verse 1]
[D]I've traveled
[A]all around this coun[D]try
In my time, I [A]thought I'd seen it [D]all
But today [G]I took a d[A]e tour
down a [Bm]back room
Through a [E]little town
whose name I can't re[A]call
There [D]were old men on [A]benches
playing check[D]ers
Children playing [A]hopscotch on the [D]square
And [G]high above a statue
[A]of an [Bm]unknown soldie[G]r
Old [D]glory was [A]waving in the [D]air
Sud[Bm]denly I [G]realized what
[D]I'd too long forgotten
A [Bm]chill rose up like [G]mountains on my [A]skin
Over[Bm]come with the feel[G]ing that [D]I knew
I was see[G]ing Amer[D]ica all
[A]over [D]again[G][A]
Americana,
pic[G]tures of a [A]people proud and [D]free[G][D][G]
[D]Americana[Em], and I'll keep
[A]holding to the [Bm]dream
[A]You're [G]still what
[A]living means to [D]me[G]
[D]You know [A]this song is
very special to me
because [D]it gave me a chance to say some things
that I wanted to say about our great country
and also give me a chance
to bring a lot of my friends in the studio
we all gathered around the mic and sang
you can hear them on the record
a matter of fact
and if I get you folks just to
sing the one word
Americana and I'll tell you when to come in
I knew the stop would [A]throw me off [D]my schedule
saw parked around [A]behind the five [D]and
There's [G]something about [A]a small town
in the [Bm]summer
[A]Lik[Bm]e a Nor[E]man Rockwell
picture back [A]in time
Kids [D]re portin' that the
[A]wreck's also the foun[D]tain
Like we did before [A]they built
the shopping mall
[D]And I saw so [G]many reasons[A]
[Bm]why I love this country
[G]You [D]know some things
never [A]really change at [D]all
As I [Bm]left the two -lane road
[G]and pulled back on [D]that superhighway
I [Bm]thought of what I'd [G]seen
back in [A]that town
And it [Bm]hit me like a freight t[G]rain
That a [D]stone's throw from
the [G]fast lane
[D]America is [A]still safe and [D]sound
Everybody sing, here [G]we go.[Bm]
[A]Americana
Pic[G]tures of a [A]people
proud and [D]free
[G]Americana
[Em]And I'll keep [A]holding to the d[Bm]ream[A]
[G]You're still what [A]living means
to [D]me[A][D][G][A]
Americana,
pic[G]tures of a [A]people proud
and [D]free[A][D]
[G]Americana, [Bm]and I[G]'l[Em]l keep
[A]holding to the [Bm]dream[A]
[G]You're still what [A]living means to [D]me[G][D]
You