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From: LimeyCliff@aol.com
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 13:03:01 EST
Subject: Song
Americana
By Moe Bandy
D A D
IÕve traveled all around this country
D A D
In my time I thought IÕd seen it all
G A Bm Bm/AÊÊ
But today I took a detour down a backroad
E7 A
Through a little town whose name I canÕt recall
D A D
There were old men on benches playinÕ checkers
D A D
Children playinÕ hopscotch on the square
G A Bm G
And high above a statue of an unknown soldier
D A D
Old Glory was waving in the air
Bm G D
Suddenly I realized what IÕd too long forgotten
Bm G A
A chill rose up like mountains on my skin
Bm G D G
Overcome with the feelinÕ, I knew I was seeinÕ
D A D
America all over again
Chorus:
D G A
AÑmer-icana
G A DÊ
Pictures of a people proud and free
D Bm G E7 A Bm Bm/A
AÑm-ericana, IÕll keep holdinÕ to the dream
G A D
YouÕre still what livinÕ means to me
I knew to stop would throw me off my schedule
But I parked around behind the Five and Dime
ThereÕs something bout a small town in the summer
Like a Norman Rockwell picture back in time
Kids were courtinÕ at the Rexall soda fountain
Like we did before they built the shoppin mall
I saw so many reasons why I love this country
You know some things never really change at all
As I left the 2 lane road and pulled back on that superhighway
I thought of what IÕd seen back in that town
And it hit me like a freight train
That a stones throw from the fast lane, America is still safe and sound
Chorus Twice