DG
[Verse 1]
DDmaj7G
She's up before the sun, on the run, another dollar, another day, another cup of coffee
DG
Thank you, Lord, for giving me one more
DDmaj7G
She still leans on her dreams but it seems, sometimes she's the only one who still believes
BmAG
That life is hard, so she takes it on with an American Heart
[Chorus]
DG
And it beats like a drum down in New Orleans, sings like a Motown melody
DG
It dreams like California, bigger than the Texas sky
DF#BmAG
It bleeds, it scars, but it shines when times get hard
DD/F#GDD/F#G
And you can't break an American heart
[Verse 2]
DDmaj7G
From the small town Friday night lights to the Broadway neon burning up bright
DG
We're all the same and it's in our veins
DDmaj7G
A spirit that you can't keep down, a fire inside that'll never burn out
BmAG
If you are the owner of an American heart
[Chorus]
EA
And it beats like a drum down in New Orleans, sings like a Motown melody
EA
It dreams like California, bigger than the Texas sky
EG#C#mBA
It bleeds, it scars, but it shines when times get hard
C#mB/D#EAC#mB/D#EA
And you can't break an American heart
C#mB/D#EA
An American heart
[Chorus]
EA
And it beats like a drum down in New Orleans, sings like a Motown melody
EA
It dreams like California, bigger than the Texas sky
EG#C#mBA
It bleeds, it scars, but it shines when times get hard
C#mB/D#EAEE/G#A
And you can't break, you can't break an American heart
EE/G#AEE/G#AE
An American heart, an American heart
God bless America, land of the free, God bless America