Chords for Kurt Elling & Metropole Orchestra: An American Tune (arr. Christian Elsässer)

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_ _ Many [D] _ _ _ _
_ is the time I've [G] been _ [C] mistaken Many [Am] _ _ times [E] confused
[Am] _ _ [C] Yes, and I've often [D] felt _ [C] forsaken _ [E] And [A] certainly _ [E] [Am] misused
[E] But I'm _ [D] alright, [F] I'm [A] alright I'm just [D] weary [Bm] to my [Am] bones
_ _ [D] _ [Dm] Still you don't expect to be [C] bright and [D] bold So [Am] far away [Bm] from home
[A] So [C] _ _
far away from home _ _
I _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] don't know a soul [G] who's not been [F] bad [C] I don't have a friend who feels [G] at [A] ease
[G] I don't know a [C] dream that's not [C] been shattered [E] _
Or driven to its [Am] _
[G] knees
[F] But it's [G] alright, _ it's alright Cause [F] we've lived so [Bm] well so [Dm] long
[Em] Still _ [D] _ when I think [C] of the road we've [B] [G] traveled on I wonder what's gone [E] wrong
Can't help [F] it I wonder _ [G] what's gone [C] _ wrong _ And I dreamt I was dying _
_ _ [G] I [C] dreamt that my [Em] soul rose _ [G] unexpectedly _ [F] And looking back down at me
[G] _ Smiled, [Bm] reassuring thee And I [C] dreamt I was flying
_ _ _ _ High [Em] above my eyes could [F] clearly see [D] The Statue [Dm] of Liberty _ [E] sailing [A] the way to [G] thee
And I dreamt I was [F] flying _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ We come [G] on the ship they call Mayflower [Ab] We _ [Am] come on the ship that [E] sailed the [A] moon
_ We come in the [G] ages most [Dm] insipid and [E] our Sing [A] an American [Am] tune _
_ [G] Oh but it's [G] alright, it's alright, it's alright [F] You cannot be [Bm] forever [F] blessed
[G] _ _ [D] _ Still tomorrow's [C] gonna be _ _ [D] a [D] working day And I'm trying [G] to get some [Bm] rest
_ [Am] That's all I'm just [C] trying to get some rest _ _
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