The House That I Live In Chords

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[Verse 1]
What [G]is America to me?
A name, a map, [D]the flag I [G]see,
A [D]certain word, demo[G]cracy.[Am]
What is America to [D]me?
The house [G]I live in,
a [C]plot [D]of earth, a street
[G]The gro[D]cer and the[G] butcher
and the [Bb]people that I meet
[G]The chi[D]ldren in the pla[G]yground,
the [D]faces that I [Em]see
All [C]races, all reli[G]gions,
that's [D]America to [G]me.
The place I work in, the [C]worker at [D]my [G]side,
the [D]little town or city
[G]where my [Bb]people lived and [G]died,
the [D]howdy and the [G]handshake,
[D]the air of feeling [Em]free,
the [C]right to speak my [D]mind out[G],
that's Amer[D]ica to [G]me.
[C]The words of [B]Ole [G]Blinken,
of [C]Jefferson [B]and Payne,
[G]of Washington and Dou[C]glas,
and the task that [G]still re[C]mains.
The [Am]little bridge at [Em]Concord,
where [B]freedom's fight began.
[Em]Of Gettysb[A]urg, a[D]nd Midway,
and the [A]story of [D]Bataan
The [C]town I [G]live in, the [C]street,
the [D]house, the [G]room
The [D]pavement of [G]the city,
[C]or a garden [Bb]all in b[G]loom
The [D]church, the school, the [G]clubhouse,
the [D]million lights I [Em]see
But [C]es pecially the [G]people,
that's [D]America to [Em]me.
But espe[C]cially the [G]people,
that's [D]America [C]to [D]me.[C][G][Am][Dsus4]