Waylon Jennings - America
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************* AMERICA ************
written by Sammy Johns and performed by Waylon Jennings.
Verse 1:
Some have said,donCe through history
If you last it's a mistery
But i guess thFey don't know,what they're talking about C
From the mountainsC down to the sea
You've become such a habit with me
F C
America,F-merher-ica
Verse 2:
Well i come from,doCwn around Tennesee
But the people in California
Are nice to mFe,A-merher-ica C
It don't matter whCere i may roam
Tell you people that it's home sweet home
F C
America,F-merher-ica
Chorus:
And my brothers aFre all black and white,yellow too Am
And the red man is right,to expect a Flittle from you F
Promise anFd then follow through,AmFerica C
Verse 3:
And the men,who Cfell on the planes
And lived,through hardship and pain
F C
America,F-merher-ica
And the men who Ccould not fight
In a war that didn't seem right
You let them coFme home,A-merher-ica C
Chorus.
Verse 4:
Well i come from,dowCn around Tennesee
But the people in California
Are nice to mFe,A-merher-ica C
It don't matter whCere i may roam
Tell you people that it's home sweet home
F C
America,F-merher-ica
F C
America,F-merher-ica
It's home swFeet home,A-merher-ica C
F C
America,F-merher-ica
Thanks to David M. Potter for the lyrics.
Perret Charles-Amir.