American Tune

	 
[Verse]
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Many's the time I've been mistaken
     Am   E        Am 
 and many times confused 
Many's the time I've been mistaken and many times confused 
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Yes and I've often felt forsaken and
 Am    E7     Am 
 certainly misused 
Yes and I've often felt forsaken and certainly misused 
            F G          F C         
Aw, but I'm alright, I'm alright, I'm
      F     C  G  Am   A7 
 just weary to my bones 
Aw, but I'm alright, I'm alright, I'm just weary to my bones 
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Still you don't expect to be bright
 G7  D      G 
 and bon vivant 
Still you don't expect to be bright and bon vivant 
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So far away from home, so far away
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 from home
So far away from home, so far away from home
[Verse]
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And I don't know a soul who's not
 C    G    E7 
 been battered 
And I don't know a soul who's not been battered 
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I don't have a friend who feels at
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 ease 
I don't have a friend who feels at ease 
C              F     C      G7  C   
I don't know a dream that's not been
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 shattered or driven to it's knees 
I don't know a dream that's not been shattered or driven to it's knees 
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Aw, but it's alright, it's alright
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 for we lived so well so long 
Aw, but it's alright, it's alright for we lived so well so long 
D7    G7                  C    G7   
Still when I think of the road we're
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 travelin' on  
Still when I think of the road we're travelin' on  
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I wonder what's gone wrong,  I can't
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 help but wonder what's gone wrong
I wonder what's gone wrong,  I can't help but wonder what's gone wrong
[Verse]
C 
And I dreamed I was dying 
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I dreamed that my soul rose
     Am      D7 
 unexpectedly 
I dreamed that my soul rose unexpectedly 
                 G7      F  C     
And looking back down on me smiled
           G 
 reassuringly 
And looking back down on me smiled reassuringly 
                    C 
And I dreamed I was flying 
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And high up above my eyes could
 Am        D7 
 clearly see 
And high up above my eyes could clearly see 
              G7        C           
The Statue of Liberty - sailing away
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 to sea 
The Statue of Liberty - sailing away to sea 
G7                  C 
And I dreamed I was flying
[Verse]
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For we come on the ship they call
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 Mayflower 
For we come on the ship they call Mayflower 
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We come on the ship that sailed the
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 moon 
We come on the ship that sailed the moon 
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We come in the ages most uncertain
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 hours and sing an American Tune 
We come in the ages most uncertain hours and sing an American Tune 
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Aw, but it's alright, it's alright
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 you can't be forever blessed 
Aw, but it's alright, it's alright you can't be forever blessed 
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Still tomorrow's gonna be another
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 working day 
Still tomorrow's gonna be another working day 
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And I'm trying to get some rest, 
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 that's all I'm trying to get
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 some rest
And I'm trying to get some rest,  that's all I'm trying to get some rest