Chords for RICK ELIAS/HERE IN AMERICA

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_ _ Saints and children we [Am] are gathered here [F] to hear the [C] sacred stories
[E] And I'm glad to bring it to you [F] with my best [C] rhyming and rhythm
[G] Cause I know the [Am] thirsty listen [E] and down to the [Am] waters come
[C] And the holy king of Israel loves [G] me here in [C] America
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_ _ _ And if you listen to these songs I hope [F] to hear the water [C] falling
Hope [E] you hear the oceans crashing [F] on the coast of North New [C] England
I [G] wish I could be there [Am] to see them [E] once on the past [Am] I was
[C] And the holy king of Israel loves [G] me here in [C] America
[Dm] And if I were [A] a painter I do [C] not know which I'd paint
[D] The calling of the ancient stars [C] or the assembling of the saints
Well [Dm] there's so much [G] beauty around us [F] for just two eyes to see
[Dm] But [Em] everywhere I go [C] I'm looking
_ And once I went to [Am]
Appalachia [F] where my father [C] he was born there
[E] And I saw the mountains waking [F] with the innocence [C] of children
[G] And my soul is [Am] still there with them [E] wrapped in the [Am] songs they brought
[C] And the holy king of Israel loves [G] me here in [C] America
[Dm] And I've seen [G] by the highways [C] on a million exit [Dm] ramps
Those two-legged [G]
memorials [C] to the laws of happenstance
[Dm] Waiting for four [G]-wheeled messiahs [F] to take them home again
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But I'm [Em] home anywhere [C] if you are [G] where I am _
[C] And if you listen [Bm] to these songs I hope to [F] hear the water falling
[Em] Hope you feel the oceans [C] crashing on the coast of North New England
I wish [G] I could be there to see [E] them once on the [Am] past I was
[C] And the holy king of Israel [G] loves me here _ _ in [C] America _ _
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