Intro
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VERSE:
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We traveled this land back in nineteen sixty-two
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We played the places that were home to me and you
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We drove to Memphis, we rocked a set
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We walked the streets at night and smoked a cigarette
CHORUS:
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Here in America
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Heeeeeeere in America
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There was so much I didn't know
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About the way that life could go
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Here in America
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Down the block I saw the people stop and stare
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You did your best to make a Yankee boy aware
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I never thought about the color of your skin
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I never worried 'bout the hotel I was in
CHORUS:
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Here in America (Woh oh woh oh)
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Heeeeeeere in America (In America)
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But the places I could stay
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They all made you walk away
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Here in America
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VERSE:
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You were the man who earned the glory and the fame
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But cowards felt that they could call you any name
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You were the star, standing in the light
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That won you nothing on a city street at night
CHORUS:
D Dmaj7
Here in America
Dmaj7 F#m F#m
Heeeeeeere in America
Bm Bm7
You were told that we were free
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This land is made for you and me
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Here in America
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You stayed more steady than a backbeat on a drum
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You told me you believed a change was gonna come
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You sang for freedom but lived life free
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I saw it in your smile and in your dignity
CHORUS:
D Dmaj7
Here in America
Dmaj7 F#m F#m
Heeeeeeere in America
Bm Bm7
B preacher's kid you'll always be
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Singing the truth to set us free
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Here in America
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Here in America
VERSE:
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You were a star when you were standing on a stage
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I look back on it, I feel a burning rage
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You sang "You Send Me", I sang "I Wonder Why"
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I still wonder, you were way too young to die
CHORUS:
D Dmaj7
Here in America (ooooh, ooh ooh oooooh ooh)
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Here in America
Bm Bm7
Hey, Sam, I wish that you were near
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I wish that you were here
OUTRO:
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Here in America
D E
Here in America
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America
D E
In America
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Here in America