America Chords by Tracy Chapman

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_ [B] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ You were lost and got lucky, came upon the shore, found you were conquering [C] America.
You spoke of peace, raised a war, [Fm] while you were conquering [F] America. _
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[C#m] There was land to take [A] and people to kill, [E] while you were [B] conquering America.
[C#] You served [A] yourself, did God's will, _ [B] while you were conquering America. _
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[C#m] The ghost of Columbus, [A] hospice and world, [G#m] but you're still conquering [F#] _ America.
[C#m] The meek won't survive, [A] they care of the earth, [E] because you're still conquering [B] _ America.
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_ [E] _ America, _ [B] _ America, _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ America, _ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[C#m] found bodies to [A] serve, submit and be great, [E] while you were [F#] conquering America.
[C#m] Fated soldiers and junkies, [A] prisoners and slaves, [E] while you were conquering America.
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America, America, [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ America, _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [E] your _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#m] hands are at my throat, [A] my back's against the wall, [E] you're still conquering [B] America.
_ [C#m] Sick and tired, [A] hungry and poor, [E] because you're still conquering [B] America.
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_ [F#] _ You [E] _ _ _ [B] _
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_ [C#m] found the very ground [A] to feed your own [E] babies, but you're still [B] conquering America.
[C#m] Your sons and your daughters, [A] they never sing your [E] praises, while you're [B] conquering America.
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_ [E] _ _ America, [B] _ America, _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ America, _ [E] _ _ I _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ see you rise [A] to the distant shore, [E] while you're [B] conquering America.
[C#m] Taking rockets through the moon, [A] trying to find a new world, [G#m] but you're still conquering [B] America.
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ America, _ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ America, _ [C#m] _ America, _ [A] _ _ _
_ [E] the _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [C#] Ghost of Columbus, [A] _ hospice and [G#m] world, but you're still [B] conquering America.
[D#] _ You're [C#m] still conquering [A] _ America.
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