Chords for Charlie Daniels "America I Believe In You"
Tempo:
73.75 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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We got some trouble in our own backyard.
[D] Things are kind of tough, [D] times are kind of hard.
[A] Got a lot of people living out in the street.
[D] People going hungry without nothing to eat.
And [F#m] in this land [D] of plenty,
it [F#m] shouldn't be going on.
We got enough for [D] everybody,
we're just gonna have to pass it [E] along.
Well [A] I'm glad about the fall of communism.
I'm glad about the burning [E] wall.
And [A] I love to see the tyrants fighting dust.
[D] In fact, I'm glad about it all.
And I believe in helping everybody.
But when it comes to all them foreign loans,
I think we ought to remember
that charity [E] begins at home.
Yes it starts right here in America, America.
Yeah I know the sun is [A] rising on a better day.
America, [D] America.
[E] Yeah, yeah, we got the [A] power and we know the way.
[D] America, America.
[E] Well let me say a few [A] words about the red, white and blue. America, America.
[E] Well I know you're gonna do [A] it, I believe in you.
I believe in you.
Now I've been trying to figure this out,
[D] but there's something that I just don't know.
[A] How can you make things better when you take our [D] jobs
and send them down to Mexico?
And then there was this big shot
[F#] from the land of the [D] rising sun.
He said the working people in America were [E] lazy and dumb.
Let me tell you something [A] Jack,
the next time I go on a shopping [D] trip
and take something off of the rack,
[A] if it don't say made in the USA,
[D] I'm just gonna put it back.
We can't leave it to the politicians
[F#] cause they don't do [D] nothing but talk.
[F#m] And it's we the [D] people
that's gonna have [E] to walk the walk.
And we can do it right now.
America, [A] America.
[E] I know the sun [A] is rising on a better day.
America, America.
[E] You know we got power and [A] we know the way.
[D] America, America.
[E] Well let me say a few [A] words about the red, white and blue.
America, [D] America.
[A] I know you're gonna [A] do it, I believe in you.
We got the best dang farmers in the whole wide world.
The fastest horses and the prettiest girls.
Got the army and the navy, air force and marines.
The mightiest fighting force the world's ever seen.
We the kind of people that can get things done.
We're serving notice that we're still number one.
We got the nerve, we got the will.
We'll get it all together cause you know that we are still America, [D] America.
[E] I know the sun is [A] rising on a better day.
America, [D] America.
[E] Well we [A] know the way.
America, [D] America.
[E] Well let me say a few words [A] about the red, white and blue.
America, America.
[E] I know you're gonna do [F#] it, I believe in you.
[C#] America, [E] America.
Yeah [F#] the sun is shining, [B] it's shining on a better day.
[E] America, America.
[F#] [B] We got the way.
America, [E] America.
Well don't you [F#] say a few words [B] about the red, white and blue.
America, [E] America.
[C#] Cause I [F#] believe in you.
America, America.
Yes I do.
[B]
[A]
[D]
[E]
[A] [D] [A]
[D] [E]
[A] [D] [A]
[E]
We got some trouble in our own backyard.
[D] Things are kind of tough, [D] times are kind of hard.
[A] Got a lot of people living out in the street.
[D] People going hungry without nothing to eat.
And [F#m] in this land [D] of plenty,
it [F#m] shouldn't be going on.
We got enough for [D] everybody,
we're just gonna have to pass it [E] along.
Well [A] I'm glad about the fall of communism.
I'm glad about the burning [E] wall.
And [A] I love to see the tyrants fighting dust.
[D] In fact, I'm glad about it all.
And I believe in helping everybody.
But when it comes to all them foreign loans,
I think we ought to remember
that charity [E] begins at home.
Yes it starts right here in America, America.
Yeah I know the sun is [A] rising on a better day.
America, [D] America.
[E] Yeah, yeah, we got the [A] power and we know the way.
[D] America, America.
[E] Well let me say a few [A] words about the red, white and blue. America, America.
[E] Well I know you're gonna do [A] it, I believe in you.
I believe in you.
Now I've been trying to figure this out,
[D] but there's something that I just don't know.
[A] How can you make things better when you take our [D] jobs
and send them down to Mexico?
And then there was this big shot
[F#] from the land of the [D] rising sun.
He said the working people in America were [E] lazy and dumb.
Let me tell you something [A] Jack,
the next time I go on a shopping [D] trip
and take something off of the rack,
[A] if it don't say made in the USA,
[D] I'm just gonna put it back.
We can't leave it to the politicians
[F#] cause they don't do [D] nothing but talk.
[F#m] And it's we the [D] people
that's gonna have [E] to walk the walk.
And we can do it right now.
America, [A] America.
[E] I know the sun [A] is rising on a better day.
America, America.
[E] You know we got power and [A] we know the way.
[D] America, America.
[E] Well let me say a few [A] words about the red, white and blue.
America, [D] America.
[A] I know you're gonna [A] do it, I believe in you.
We got the best dang farmers in the whole wide world.
The fastest horses and the prettiest girls.
Got the army and the navy, air force and marines.
The mightiest fighting force the world's ever seen.
We the kind of people that can get things done.
We're serving notice that we're still number one.
We got the nerve, we got the will.
We'll get it all together cause you know that we are still America, [D] America.
[E] I know the sun is [A] rising on a better day.
America, [D] America.
[E] Well we [A] know the way.
America, [D] America.
[E] Well let me say a few words [A] about the red, white and blue.
America, America.
[E] I know you're gonna do [F#] it, I believe in you.
[C#] America, [E] America.
Yeah [F#] the sun is shining, [B] it's shining on a better day.
[E] America, America.
[F#] [B] We got the way.
America, [E] America.
Well don't you [F#] say a few words [B] about the red, white and blue.
America, [E] America.
[C#] Cause I [F#] believe in you.
America, America.
Yes I do.
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_ _ _ We got some trouble in our own backyard.
[D] Things are kind of tough, [D] times are kind of hard.
[A] Got a lot of people living out in the street.
[D] People going hungry without nothing to eat.
And [F#m] in this land [D] of plenty,
it [F#m] shouldn't be going on.
We got enough for [D] everybody,
we're just gonna have to pass it [E] along.
_ Well [A] I'm glad about the fall of communism.
I'm glad about the burning [E] wall.
And [A] I love to see the tyrants fighting dust.
[D] In fact, I'm glad about it all.
And I believe in helping everybody.
But when it comes to all them foreign loans,
I think we ought to remember
that charity [E] begins at home.
Yes it starts right here in America, America.
Yeah I know the sun is [A] rising on a better day.
America, [D] America.
[E] Yeah, yeah, we got the [A] power and we know the way.
_ [D] America, America.
[E] Well let me say a few [A] words about the red, white and blue. America, America.
[E] Well I know you're gonna do [A] it, I believe in you.
I believe in you.
_ _ _ Now I've been trying to figure this out,
[D] but there's something that I just don't know.
[A] How can you make things better when you take our [D] jobs
and send them down to Mexico?
And then there was this big shot
[F#] from the land of the [D] rising sun.
He said the working people in America were [E] lazy and dumb.
Let me tell you something [A] Jack,
the next time I go on a shopping [D] trip
and take something off of the rack,
[A] if it don't say made in the USA,
[D] I'm just gonna put it back.
We can't leave it to the politicians
[F#] cause they don't do [D] nothing but talk.
[F#m] And it's we the [D] people
that's gonna have [E] to walk the walk.
And we can do it right now.
America, [A] America.
[E] I know the sun [A] is rising on a better day.
America, America.
[E] You know we got power and [A] we know the way.
_ [D] America, America.
[E] Well let me say a few [A] words about the red, white and blue.
America, [D] America.
[A] I know you're gonna [A] do it, I believe in you.
We got the best dang farmers in the whole wide world.
The fastest horses and the prettiest girls.
Got the army and the navy, air force and marines.
The mightiest fighting force the world's ever seen.
We the kind of people that can get things done.
We're serving notice that we're still number one.
We got the nerve, we got the will.
We'll get it all together cause you know that we are still America, [D] America.
[E] I know the sun is [A] rising on a better day.
America, [D] America.
[E] Well we [A] know the way.
America, [D] America.
[E] Well let me say a few words [A] about the red, white and blue.
America, America.
[E] I know you're gonna do [F#] it, I believe in you.
[C#] America, [E] America.
Yeah [F#] the sun is shining, [B] it's shining on a better day.
[E] America, America.
[F#] _ [B] We got the way.
America, [E] America.
Well don't you [F#] say a few words [B] about the red, white and blue.
America, [E] America.
[C#] Cause I _ _ [F#] _ _ believe in you.
America, America.
Yes I do.
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[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ We got some trouble in our own backyard.
[D] Things are kind of tough, [D] times are kind of hard.
[A] Got a lot of people living out in the street.
[D] People going hungry without nothing to eat.
And [F#m] in this land [D] of plenty,
it [F#m] shouldn't be going on.
We got enough for [D] everybody,
we're just gonna have to pass it [E] along.
_ Well [A] I'm glad about the fall of communism.
I'm glad about the burning [E] wall.
And [A] I love to see the tyrants fighting dust.
[D] In fact, I'm glad about it all.
And I believe in helping everybody.
But when it comes to all them foreign loans,
I think we ought to remember
that charity [E] begins at home.
Yes it starts right here in America, America.
Yeah I know the sun is [A] rising on a better day.
America, [D] America.
[E] Yeah, yeah, we got the [A] power and we know the way.
_ [D] America, America.
[E] Well let me say a few [A] words about the red, white and blue. America, America.
[E] Well I know you're gonna do [A] it, I believe in you.
I believe in you.
_ _ _ Now I've been trying to figure this out,
[D] but there's something that I just don't know.
[A] How can you make things better when you take our [D] jobs
and send them down to Mexico?
And then there was this big shot
[F#] from the land of the [D] rising sun.
He said the working people in America were [E] lazy and dumb.
Let me tell you something [A] Jack,
the next time I go on a shopping [D] trip
and take something off of the rack,
[A] if it don't say made in the USA,
[D] I'm just gonna put it back.
We can't leave it to the politicians
[F#] cause they don't do [D] nothing but talk.
[F#m] And it's we the [D] people
that's gonna have [E] to walk the walk.
And we can do it right now.
America, [A] America.
[E] I know the sun [A] is rising on a better day.
America, America.
[E] You know we got power and [A] we know the way.
_ [D] America, America.
[E] Well let me say a few [A] words about the red, white and blue.
America, [D] America.
[A] I know you're gonna [A] do it, I believe in you.
We got the best dang farmers in the whole wide world.
The fastest horses and the prettiest girls.
Got the army and the navy, air force and marines.
The mightiest fighting force the world's ever seen.
We the kind of people that can get things done.
We're serving notice that we're still number one.
We got the nerve, we got the will.
We'll get it all together cause you know that we are still America, [D] America.
[E] I know the sun is [A] rising on a better day.
America, [D] America.
[E] Well we [A] know the way.
America, [D] America.
[E] Well let me say a few words [A] about the red, white and blue.
America, America.
[E] I know you're gonna do [F#] it, I believe in you.
[C#] America, [E] America.
Yeah [F#] the sun is shining, [B] it's shining on a better day.
[E] America, America.
[F#] _ [B] We got the way.
America, [E] America.
Well don't you [F#] say a few words [B] about the red, white and blue.
America, [E] America.
[C#] Cause I _ _ [F#] _ _ believe in you.
America, America.
Yes I do.
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _