#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # Date: 3/28/04; 11:46:46 PM >From: "Tom Rivers" <trivers@rgv.rr.com> Subject: Americana by Moe Bandy Dois M. Taylor requested this song. If you need it, there is an explanation of the Nashville Numbering System on Cowpie. Just follow the links Resources\Lessons\NashvilleNumberSystem3 (Number 3 is mine, the others are equally good). If you have need of further help, email me at trivers@rgv.rr.com. Tom Rivers AMERICANA (C) Recorded by Moe Bandy Submitted by Thomas Rivers (Verse 1) I'VE TRAVELED ALL AROUND THIS COUNTRY IN MY TIME I THOUGHT I'D SEEN IT ALL BUT TODAY I TOOK A DETOUR DOWN A BACK ROAD THROUGH A LITTLE TOWN WHOSE NAME I CAN'T RECALL THERE WERE THREE OLD MEN ON BENCHES PLAYING CHECKERS CHILDREN PLAYING HOP SCOTCH ON THE SQUARE AND HIGH ABOVE A STATUE OF AN UNKNOWN SOLDIER OLD GLORY WAS WAVING IN THE AIR SUDDENLY I REALIZED WHAT I'D TOO LONG FORGOTTEN CHILL BUMPS UP LIKE MOUNTAINS ON MY SKIN OVERCOME WITH A FEELING I KNEW I WAS SEEING AMERICA ALL OVER AGAIN (Chorus) AMERICANA PICTURE OF A PEOPLE PROUD AND FREE AMERICANA I'LL KEEP HOLDING TO THE DREAM YOU'RE STILL WHAT LIVING MEANS TO ME (Verse 2) I KNEW THE STOP WOULD THROW MW OFF MY SCHEDULE BUT I PARKED AROUND BEHIND THE FIVE AND DIME THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT A SMALL TONW IN THE SUMMER LIKE A NORMAN ROCKWELL PICTURE BACK IN TIME KIDS CAVOTIN' AT THE REXALL SODA FOUNTAIN LIKE WE DID BEFORE THE BUILT THE SHOPPING ,MALL ISAW SO MANY REASONS WHY I LOVE THIS COUNTRY YOU KNOW SOME THINGS NEVER REALLY CHANGE AT ALL AS I LEFT THE TWO-LANE ROAD AND PULLED BACK ON THAT SUPER HIGH WAY I THOUGHT OF WHAT I'D SEEN BACK IN THAT TOWN AND IT HIT ME LIKE A FREIGHT TRAIN---- THAT A STONE'S THROW FROM THE FAST LANE--- AMERICA IS STILL SAFE AND SOUND 1 5 1 1 1 5 1 1 4 5 6m 1 2 2 5 5 1 5 1 1 1 5 1 1 4 5 6m 1 1 5 1 1 6m 4 1 1 6m 4 5 5 6m 4 1 4 1 5 1 1 (Chorus) 1 4 5 5 4 5 1 1 3m 6m 4 4 2m 2m 3m 3m 4 5 1 1