Mat Kearney - Girl america

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tab created by Scott Fuller (HughGCS)

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** **the song has a pretty simple finger picking pattern to it** **this tab is just to show you the chord changes in relation to lyrics** **listen to the song to figure out the rhythem and fingerpicking** (this tab should be more or less correct, chord progression is always Em7,D,G,A/D, and if i'm off by a word or two on some, my bad, dont hate me! lol)

e|-^Em7-7----^Dx----^G3---^A/D-x----| B|--8----7----3----7----| G|--7----7----4----7----| D|--9----7----5----7----| A|--7----5----5----x----| E|--x----x----3----5----|

^{Em7 D G} (M^A/Dy girl) ^Em7 (it's just for you)^D (i'^Gll see you there^A/D)

my girl ameri^Em7ca is just a youth is this w^Dorld her smile is more prec^Gious than the sparkle of p^A/Dearls and though her age ^Em7reads she's just a young^D girl the age behind her eyes^G show the pain that^A/D she's swirled through the hand that's been d^Em7ealt though it's quiet as^D kept the weight was all f^Gelt last night when she s^A/Dlept and as she crept into the d^Em7reams of the things of her p^Dast seems to have grown so f^Gast, way beyond her own^A/D class though they're right there w^Em7ith her, her brothers and her si^Dsters a natural born le^Gader even when her peer^A/Ds dis her my girl, she's at a cro^Em7ssroads, people praying for ^Dher some are preying on her ma^Ggazine ads, s^A/Dex, drama smoking marijuana, lo^Em7nging for a father to ca^Dll her, 'daughter' she's part of a ge^Gneration longing fo^A/Dr reconciliation and this future that they're ^Em7facing and this poison^D that they're tasting my girl, i k^Dnow this love that^A/D your chasing

^Em7 my girl america's cr^Dying when she's l^Gying on her bed at^A/D night ^Em7 i can see that she's scr^Deaming when she's dr^Geaming for her f^A/Dreedom ^Em7 my girl america's dy^Ding while she's tr^Gying just to s^A/Dtop this fight ^Em7don't stop bel^Dieving, my g^Girl ameri^A/Dca

boys with hungry ^Em7eyes have been beating her d^Door telling her tha^Gt's what she's for, trying to rob at her^A/D core then leave calling her a ^Em7whore, but still she knows there's m^Dore i know she knows there's m^Gore because there is a voice she can't ^A/Dignore 'cause it was founded in the ^Em7foundations, from the day of her cre^Dation in God we tr^Gust engraved on the tre^A/Dasures of her nation and the ^Em7void that the boys can't ^Dfill with the ti^Gpping of the bottle or the po^A/Dpping of the pill but still most of her f^Em7riends don't care as they g^Dlare ready to drown down the fu^Gnnel as they frown down the t^A/Dunnel they stumble and the ^Em7tumble breaking down into ru^Dbble my girl amer^Gica, stop can't you ^A/Dsee it's not the circums^Em7tances that determ^Dine who you're gonna be but h^Gow you deal with these p^A/Droblems and pains that come your way it's for^Em7 you that i pray with ho^Dpe for a brighter day and so i s^Gay, your deliverance ^A/Dis coming

^Em7faith like a ch^Dild from your first birth you l^Geft it in the dirt on your w^A/Dorst hurt and i s^Em7ee each tear and ev^Dery scar the h^Gands that have held ^A/Dyou where you are and i can ^Em7see that we've str^Dayed so far a king b^Gorn under that m^A/Dorning star as a c^Em7rown of thorns was^D placed to erase each t^Gear that's touched ^A/Dyour face and his ^Em7palms and sides where^D pierced with spears he h^Gung in love just t^A/Do draw you near ^Em7and my girl, out^D of this whole world ^Gcan't you see this i^A/Ds where we started

and his ^Em7palms and sides where^D pierced with spears he h^Gung in love just to ^A/Ddraw you near (1776 to a new heaven)

^Em7and my girl, out^D of this whole world (just for you girl, i'll see you there)

^Gcan't you see this i^A/Ds where we start^Em7ed (don't stop believin')

^D w^Ghere we ^A/Dstarted (don't stop)

^Em7where we st^Darted... My g^Girl A^A/Dmeri-ica (don't stop believin' boo)