Faces of America Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[G]
There was [C]a time,

[Verse 1]
[G]
a simpler [C]time
[G]When a man could be sure
[D]of where [C]he stood[D]
[G]I used to work at [C]the yard,
[G]working honest and har[C]d
[G]The hours were long but
the pay [D]was [C]oh so good[D]

[Verse 2]
[G]I had a family and[C] friends,
[G]oh so many fri[C]ends
[G]We'd drive to the lake on [D]holidays[C][D]
[G]Back then it wasn't [C]so dear
[G]for a sandwich or [C]beer
[G]At night I still dream I can see
their faces
[D]

[Verse 3]
[C]
Certain things that you depend [G]upon[C]
There are places that you [G]know[C]
And the faces of amer[G]ica
[D]Oh, where do they go,[Em]

[Interlude 1]
where did they go
[G][C][G][C]

[Verse 4]
[G]I was born on a farm,
[C]a m[G]id- western farm[C]
[G]I rode on the tractor with my dad[D][C][D]
[G]And though we never had[C] much it [G]was
always [C]enough[G]

[Verse 5]
And we made the best with what we had
[D]But[C] the[D]n c[G]ame four years of drought
[C]and[G] the bottom dropped out[C]
[G]My father was broken like the res[D]t[C][D]
[G]And I can still see his hands
[C]sig[G]ning over his la[C]nds
[G]And the bankers grow fat on the flesh
of the dis[D]possessed[C]

[Verse 6]
Certain things that [G]you depend
[C]upon
There are places I can [G]go [C]I
sift the ashes of amer[G]ica
For some[D]place I used [Em]to know
Someplace [D]I used t[C]o know

[Interlude 2]
Someplace I used to know
[G][C]
[G][C][G]
[C][G][C][G]

[Verse 7]
There was a time, [G]a simpler t[C]ime
[G]When a man could be sure
[D]of where [C]he stood[D]
[G]I used to work at the yard,
[C]wor[G]king honest and ha[C]rd[G]
The hours were long but the pay
[D]was oh so [C]good

[Verse 8]
Certain things that you depend [G]upon[C]
I used to think were guar[G]anteed[C]
Like the right of every man [G]to work
[D]and[Em] feed his fam[C]ily
And the faces of amer[G]ica [C]seem so
distant and es[G]tranged[C]
Have their eyes become
too blind [G]to see
How much [D]their hearts have changed
[Em]How much[D] their hearts have changed
[C]How much their hearts have changed

[Outro 1]
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