Girl America Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][Am][G][Em][D][Am][G]
[Em][D]

[Verse 1]
My girl [Am]Amer
ica is just a youth in this [G]world
Her smile is more [Em]precious than
the sparkle [D]of pearls
And though her age [Am]reads
she's just a young [G]girl
Age behind [Em]her eyes show the [D]pain
that she's swirled
Through the hand that's been [Am]dealt
though it's quiet as [G]kept
The weight was all [Em]felt last night
when she [D]slept
And as she crept into [Am]the dreams
of [G]the things of her past
Seems to have grown so [Em]fast,
way [D]beyond her own class
Though they're right there [Am]with her,
hers brothers and her [G]sisters
A natural born [Em]leader even
when her peers [D]diss her
My girl, she's at a [Am]crossroads,
people praying [G]for her
Some are preying on her [Em]magazine ads,
sex, [D]drama, smoking [Am]marijuana
Longing for a father to call [G]her
'daughter'
She's part of a gener[Em]ation longing
for recon[D]ciliation
And this future that they're [Am]facing and
this [G]poison that they're tasting
My [Em]girl, I know this love
that you're [D]chasing

[Verse 2]
[Am]My girl America's cryi[G]ng when she's
ly[Em]ing on her b[D]ed at night
[Am]I can see that she's screaming w[G]hen
she's [Em]dream[D]ing for her freedom
[Am]My girl America's dy i[G]ng while she's
try[Em]ing just to stop [D]this fight
[Am]Don't stop believi[G]ng,
my [Em]girl [D]America

[Verse 3]
Boys with hungry [Am]eyes have
been beating her door
[G]Telling her that's what's she's for,
trying to [D]rob her at her core
Then leave calling her a [Am]whore,
but still [G]she knows there's more
I know she knows there's more because there's
a voice she can't [D]ig nore
Cause it was founded in [Am]the foundations,
from the [G]day of her creation
[Em]In God we trust engraved in the
[D]treasures of her nation
And the [Am]void the boys
can't [G]fill
With the tippin' of the [Em]bottle
or the poppin' of the [D]pill
But still most of [Am]her friends
don't care as they [G]glare
Ready to drown the [Em]funnel as they frown
down the [D]tunnel
They stumble and they [Am]tumble,
breaking down into [G]rubble
My girl Amer[Em]ica, stop, can't you see
[D]It's not the circumsta[Am]nces that
determine [G]who you're gonna be
But how you [Em]deal with these problems
[D]and pains that come your way
It's for [Am]you that I pray with
[G]hope for a brighter day
So I say, your [D]deliverance is comin'

[Verse 4]
[Am]My girl America's cryi[G]ng when she's
ly[Em]ing on her b[D]ed at night
[Am]I can see that[G] she's screaming when
she's [Em]dreaming for her [D]freedom
[Am]My girl America's dy[G] ing while she's
try[Em]ing just to stop [D]this fight
[Am]Don't stop believi[G]ng,
my [Em]girl [D]America

[Verse 5]
[Am]Faith like a child from [G]your first birth
You [C]left it in the dirt on your [G]worst hurt
And I [Am]see each tear and [G]every scar
[C]The hands that have held
you [Em]where you are
[Am]And I can see we'v[G]e strayed so far
A [C]king born under that [G]morning star
As [Am]a crown of thorns
was [G]placed to erase
Each [C]tear that's [G]touched your face
His [Am]palms and sides were
[G]pierced with spears
He [C]hung in love just [G]to draw you near
[Am]My girl, out of th[G]is whole world
[C]Can't you see[G] this is where we started

[Verse 6]
[Am]My girl America's cryi[G]ng when
she's ly[Em]ing on her b[D]ed at night
[Am]I can see that she's[G] screaming when
she's [Em]dreaming for her [D]freedom
[Am]My girl America's dyin[G]g while she's
try[Em]ing just [D]to stop this fight
[Am]Don't stop believi[G]ng,
my [Em]girl [D]America

[Verse 7]
[Am]My girl America's cr[G]ying when
she's ly[Em]ing on her b[D]ed at night
[Am]I can see that she's[G] screaming when she's
[Em]dreaming for her [D]freedom
[Am]My girl America's dy[G] ing while she's
try[Em]ing just [D]to stop this fight
[Am]Don't stop believi[G]ng, my girl [Em]America
[D]His

[Verse 8]
[Am]palms and sides were
[G]pierced with spears
He [Em]hung in love just to [D]draw you near
[Am]My girl,[G] out of this whole world
[Em]Can't you see [D]this is where
we star[Am]ted[G]
Where [Em]we started, [D]where we sta[Am]rted,
[G]my gir[Em]l America[D]