I Remember America Chords by John Stewart

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_ _ _ _ _ I remember America.
[Eb] I remember it well.
[Ab] _ [Eb] When you could walk downtown on a Saturday night
without the smell of fear on your shoulder as you jumped at every sound, and you'd never
look in the eye of any stranger who could easily gun [Abm] you down.
Oh, I remember America.
[Eb] I remember every town.
_ [Ab] When crack was [Eb] the sound that caps would make, and the only guns that
kids would have around.
I remember America.
And I remember my friends.
I remember America.
[Db] _ [F] And I [Db] want to be safe again.
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_ _ _ _ _ [Db] I [Ab] remember America.
[Db] [Eb] I remember the time.
_ When rock and roll was
cool and [Ab] fun, and you'd read between the vines.
I remember America.
Like you remember the dead.
_ When freedom of speech wasn't every four-letter word a sailor never said.
Oh, I remember America.
[Db] [Eb] And I remember my school.
_ Now it's graph and gangs and guards and guns and needles [F] in the pool.
Oh,
I [Abm] remember America.
_ When kids could walk alone, [Eb] _
go to the corner for a root beer float, and safely
make it home.
I remember America.
And I remember my friends.
I remember America.
_ [Db] And I want to be
safe again.
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_ _ _ _ _ I remember America.
I remember my home.
[Db] _ [Eb] That any working man could proudly say it was
something that he owned.
Oh, I remember America.
And I [Ab] remember the day, [Eb] _ _ [Ab]
November [Eb] 22nd, 1963,
when they blew [Db] the dreams away.
[Ab] I remember America.
_ _ And I [Eb] remember my friends.
I remember
America.
[Db] And I want to be safe [Eb] again. _
_ _ _ _ _ [Db] Oh, I [Eb] remember America.
[Db] _ [Eb] _ I remember America. _
_ _ _ I remember America. _
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