Woke Up In America

Intro G C 3x
Verse 1
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I was born on a rock in the middle
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 of the ocean
G                              
Where the wind's so rough it can 
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carry you to London
  Am                             
It's a new found land with an old 
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soul reaching
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For the light of day

Verse 2
  G                              
My parents gave me a life full of 
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dreams
   G                               
Yeah they gave me a heart to endure
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 most anything
   Am                              
But everyone gets a broken pair of 
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wi ngs
And if you try to fly you'll fail
           G

               D
But a voice said "Lift up your head"
             Em                    
And my heart burst out of my chest
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Chorus
    G                              
I woke up in America for the love 
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of God
       G                           
I woke up in America for something 
         C
bigger than myself
    Em                      C
More than fireworks and fanfare
   G                            D
More than a star-spangled banner
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    Em              C
You're still beautiful America
Verse 3
G                   C
Yeah its late in the night look in 
the mirror
 G                            C
Count the lines on my face and 
wonder how they got there
    Am                           
Oh but every one's a story of how 
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grace appeared
                                G
And carried me through the day
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And the voice said, "this land ain't
 dead"
         Em                        
You still got better days up ahead
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Chorus
    G                              
I woke up in America for the love 
                    C
of God
     G                             
I woke up in America for something 
                    C
bigger than myself
     Em                           C
More than fireworks and fanfare
      G                            D
More than a star-spangled banner
  Em                   C
You're still beautiful America

Solo  Em C G D 2x
Bridge
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I've seen the horizon ablaze in 
Arizona
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Shoreline shoutin' over California
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                   C
Moonlight dancin' over the Dakotas
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It breaks your heart, it's so 
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beautiful
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Lady Liberty, she leaves the light 
on
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From the west side all the way to 
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Long Island
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Carolina Coast to the Rocky 
Mountains
      G                            
The sun is shining over me
      D

Chorus
        G                          
I woke up in America for the love 
                        C
of God
            G                      
I woke up in America for something 
                             C
bigger than myself
     Em                            
More than wealth or depression
         C

       G                           
More than a red or blue nation
          D


       Em                          
Here in our hells and our heaven
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       G                           
You're still beautiful America
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      G                            
You're beautiful America
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         G                         
You're beautiful America
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