#----------------------------------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. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # From: "CJ" <cjcocn@mts.net> Subject: Americana Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 20:45:15 -0600 Americana By Moe Bandy D A D Iāve traveled all around this country D A D In my time I thought Iād seen it all G A Bm Bm/A But today I took a detour down a backroad E7 A Through a little town whose name I canāt recall D A D There were old men on benches playinā checkers D A D Children playinā 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 Iād too long forgotten Bm G A A chill rose up like mountains on my skin Bm G D G Overcome with the feelinā, I knew I was seeinā D A D America all over again Chorus: D G A A÷mer-icana G A D Pictures of a people proud and free D Bm G E7 A Bm Bm/A A÷m-ericana, Iāll keep holdinā to the dream G A D Youāre still what livinā means to me I knew to stop would throw me off my schedule But I parked around behind the Five and Dime Thereās something bout a small town in the summer Like a Norman Rockwell picture back in time Kids were courtinā 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 Iād 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