In America Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
Is it [G]better not [D]to look [G]back [D]or
[G]shoul we dust of [D]our [G]journals
[Em]Stare deep throught he feed
[G]back for the new day
Like the distor[D]tion has [G]things [D]to say?
Is it [G]better [D]to ignore it,
[G]tha[D]t these [G]bomb shelters are [D]built o[G]f sand[Em]
[G]Scoring themes from [D]our [G]views making
movies of tragic news
Does this [D]helpless picnic [G]have
its own never[D]land?
Chorus 1:

[Verse 2]
America [D]never hurts
They say America never [Em]crys
Like no one's lost in Amer[G]ica[Gsus2]
[G]No one's lost in Amer[D]ica
[G]Listening to

[Verse 3]
[D]pink noise,
[G]we [D]make mirrors o[G]ut of sho[D]p window[Em]s
[G]No [Em]one dares t[G]o pull the red card,
consience is seared by truths we'd [D]discard[G][D]
And now we've Aurelius, but soon comes De[Em]cius,
and perhaps Con[G]stantine is a devil
Keen on mak[D]ing things easy

[Verse 4]
[D]
Chorus 2:

[Verse 5]
[Em]They say [G]America
[D]never hurts
They say America never [Em]cries
Like no one's lonely [G]in America
No one's lonely in America
[D][C][D][C]

[Verse 6]
Bridge:
[G]Come alive, come [Em]alive,
Come [G]alive, come alive
[Em][D]

[Verse 7]
The prophet's cello's silenced,
[G]if [D]love burns us dow[G]n to violence[Em][G][Em]
If [G]the whims of [D]the nation [G]cater elation
will we [D]not need [G]a soul to blame?
[D]He has to take it all alone
Is His move polit[Em]ical,
a play for the people? No
He takes one for the [G]little guy
He takes a hit for the little
[Em]guy[G]
[D]They say America never

[Verse 8]
[D]
[Dsus4]hurts[D]
They say America never [Em]cries
Like no one's [G]lonely [D]in
[Dsus4]Amer ica[D][Em]
Like [G]no one's lonely in Amer
[D]ica (Luke 6: 20- 38)

[Outro 1]
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