A wonderful anthemic song with beautiful chord and key changes.
I have seen it played live (on video) with the rhythm guitar capo'd at 2. 
I'm sure there are very good reasons for this but I prefer playing it this way...

Chords 
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D (xx0232@1)    X02320
Dmaj7  xx0222
G (320003@1)    320033
E (022100@1)    022100
Bm     x24322
A (x02220@1)    x02220
F#     244322
Emaj7  021100
G#     466544
C#m    x46654
B (x2444x@1)    x24442
A/E    002220

Intro
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D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)  x 2

Verse 1
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      D (xx0232@1)                      Dmaj7She's (xx0222@1)up before the sun on the run   
        GAnother (320003@1)dollar another day another cup of coffee
D (xx0232@1)                       GThank (320003@1)you Lord for giving me one more
           D (xx0232@1)                       Dmaj7She (xx0222@1)still leans on her dreams but it seems
     GSome-times (320003@1)she's the only one who still believes 
     Bm (x24432@1)                A (x02220@1)                   GThat (320003@1)life is hard so she takes it on with an A-merican heart

Chorus 1
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       D (xx0232@1)                       Dmaj7And (xx0222@1)it beats like a drum down in New Orleans
GSings (320003@1)like a Motown melody
   D (xx0232@1)                    GIt (320003@1)dreams like California bigger than the Texas sky
   D (xx0232@1)       F# (244322@1)         Bm (x24432@1)        A (x02220@1)       GIt (320003@1)bleeds it scars but it shines when times get hard
                                D (xx0232@1)   /F#  G (320003@1)       
And you can't break an American heart
D (xx0232@1) /F#  G (320003@1)Verse 2 
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         D (xx0232@1)                     Dmaj7From (xx0222@1)the small town friday night lights 
       GTo (320003@1)the Broadway neon burning up bright
      D (xx0232@1)                   GWe're (320003@1)all the same and it's in our veins
  D (xx0232@1)                        Dmaj7A (xx0222@1)spirit that you can't keep down 
  GA (320003@1)fire inside that'll never burn out
Bm (x24432@1)           A (x02220@1)           GIf (320003@1)you are the owner of an A-merican heart

Chorus 2 (key change!)
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       E (022100@1)                       Emaj7Cos (021100@1)it beats like a drum down in New Orleans
ASings (x02220@1)like a Motown melody
   E (022100@1)                    AIt (x02220@1)dreams like California bigger than the Texas sky
   E (022100@1)       G# (xx1114@1)         C#m (x13321@4)       B (x2444x@1)       AIt (x02220@1)bleeds it scars but it shines when times get hard
                                C#m (x13321@4) /D#  E (022100@1)/G#  A (x02220@1)       
And you can't break an American heart
            C#m (x13321@4) /D#  E (022100@1)/G#  A (x02220@1)       
An American heart

Chorus 3
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       E (022100@1)                       Emaj7And (021100@1)it beats like a drum down in New Orleans
ASings (x02220@1)like a Motown melody
   E (022100@1)                    AIt (x02220@1)dreams like California bigger than the Texas sky
   E (022100@1)       G# (xx1114@1)         C#m (x13321@4)       B (x2444x@1)       AIt (x02220@1)bleeds it scars but it shines when times get hard
                              A/E (002220@1)             E (022100@1)   /G#  A (x02220@1)       
And you can't break you can't break an American heart
            E (022100@1)   /G#  A (x02220@1)An American heart
            E (022100@1)An American heart

God bless America land of the free

God bless America



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I hope I've done it justice!

Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
November 2012

watfordkev@gmail.com