American Prayer

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C#m Amaj7/C#  C#m  X2

[Verse]
     E
It's whispered from a tractor on a 
flat Midwestern plain
    C#m
The fields are dry and dusty, there 
is no sign of rain
   A
It floats out a kitchen window, 
somewhere in the south
       B
If the river gets much higher, 
they'll float away no doubt
F#m            E/G#           A 
You can almost feel it in the 
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air, an American prayer

[Chorus]
                  A              
They're gonna be alright, they're 
             C#m
gonna carry on
           E                  
Help from above will come back 
 B
strong
    A                C#m
Got faith in us, got faith in Him
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    B                           
The clouds will part and the sun 
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will shine again, amen
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[Verse]
   E
It echoes through the factories up 
in Michigan
   C#m
It bounces off the levees, and rides
 out on the wind
      A
Clear out to California, and back on
 up to Maine
      B
Don't matter if you're rich or poor,
 a sinner or a saint
      F#m         E/G#       A   
Every night, everybody, 
everywhere, is praying their 
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American prayer

[Chorus]
                  A              
They're gonna be alright, they're 
             C#m
gonna carry on
           E                  
Help from above will come back 
 B
strong
    A                C#m
Got faith in us, got faith in Him
    B                           
The clouds will part and the sun 
                    E
will shine again, amen

[Instrumental]

E   C#m  A   B

[Chorus]
                  A              
They're gonna be alright, they're 
             C#m
gonna carry on
           E                  
Help from above will come back 
 B
strong
    A                C#m
Got faith in us, got faith in Him
         B                       
Yeah the clouds will part and the 
                        E  E  
sun will shine again, amen
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Amen