Dan Fogelberg - Faces of america

There was a time ^{C G} A simpler time ^{C G} D C-D-G When a man could be sure of where he stood I used to work at the yard ^{C G} Working honest and hard ^{C G} D C-D-G The hours were long, but the pay was good

I had a family and friends ^{C G} So many friends ^{C G} D C-D-G We'd drive to the lake on holidays Back then it wasn't so dear ^{C G} For a sandwich or beer ^{C G} At night I still dream I can see their ^Dfaces ^C

Certain things that you de^Gpend upon ^C They were places that you'd ^Gknown ^C And the faces of A^Gmerica Oh ^Doh, where do they ^Emgo Where did they ^Ggo ^{C G C G}

I was born on a farm ^{C G} A mid-western farm ^{C G} D C-D-G I rode on the tractor with my dad And though we never had much ^{C G} It was always enough ^{C G} D C-D-G And we made the best with what we had

But then came four years of drought^{C G} And the bottom dropped out^{C G} D C-D-G My father was broken, like the rest And I can still see his hands ^{C G} Signing over his lands ^{C G} And the bankers grow fat on the flesh of the ^Ddispossessed ^C

Certain things that you de^Gpend upon ^C There are places I can ^Ggo ^C I sift the ashes of A^Gmerica For some^Dplace I used to ^Emknow (someplace I used to know) Some^Dplace I used to ^Cknow (someplace I used to know) Someplace I used to ^Gknow

There was a time ^{C G} A simpler time ^{C G} D C-D-G When a man could be sure of where he stood I used to work at the yard ^{C G} Working honest and hard ^{C G} The hours were long, but the pay was ^Doh, so good ^C

Certain things that you de^Gpend upon ^C I used to think were guaran^Gteed ^C Like the right of every ^Gman to work And feed his fami^Emly, and feed his fami^Cly And the faces of A^Gmerica ^C Seem so distant and es^Gtranged ^C Have their eyes become too ^Gblind to see How ^Dmuch their hearts have ^Emchanged (how much their hearts have changed) How much their hearts have ^Cchanged (how much their hearts have changed) How much their hearts have ^Gchanged