American Chords

Capo 1st fret

Standard (EADGBE)

AmI am a shotgun rider for the San Jacinto Fline

The Cdesert is my brother, my skin is cracked and Gdry

I was Amriding on a folk coach and everything was Ffine

'Til we Ctook a shorter road to save some Gtime

The Fbandits only fired once, they Cshot me in the chest

CThey may have wounded me but they'll never get the Gbest

Of better Ammen cause I'll ride Cagain

I am a river gambler, I make a livin' dealin' cards

My clothes are smooth and honest, my heart is cold and hard

I was shufflin' for some delta boys on a boat for New Orleans

I was the greatest shark they'd ever seen

But the Captain bumped a sandbar, and an ace fell from my sleeve

They threw me overboard as I swore I didn't cheat

But I could swim and I'll ride again.

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We are Cheroes of the homeland, American reGmains

We Flive in many faces and Amanswer many names

We Cwill not be forgotten, we won't be left beGhind

Our Fmemories live on in mortal Gminds

And poets Ampens we'll ride aCgain

I am a mid-west farmer, I make a livin' off the land

I ride a John Deere tractor, I'm a liberated man

But the rain it hasn't fallen, since the middle of July

And if it don't come soon my crops will die

The bank man says he likes me, but there's nothin' he can do

He tells me that he's comin' but the clouds are comin' too

He ain't my friend and I'll ride again

I am an American Indian, my tribe is Cherokee

My forefathers loved this land they left it here for me

But the white man came with boats and trains and dirty factories

And poisoned my existence with his deeds

Nature is our mother, we are sucklings at her breast

And he who trys to beat her down will lose her to the rest

They'll never win I'll ride again

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