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From RICKL1@IX.NETCOM.COM Sun May  4 11:30:38 1997
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 23:36:04 GMT
From: RICKL1@IX.NETCOM.COM
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: America For Me     Roger McGuinn    Chords/Words

Roger McGuinn    America For Me    Henry Van Dyke/Roger McGuinn

A (x02220@1)  Bm (x24432@1)            E (022100@1)       A (x02220@1)        C#m (x13321@4)  F#mIt's (244222@1)fine to see the old world and travel up and down
D (xx0232@1)              E (022100@1)                   AAmong (x02220@1)the famous palaces and cities of renown
Bm (x24432@1)                E (022100@1)     A (x02220@1)             C#m (x13321@4)  F#mTo (244222@1)admire crumbling castles and the statues of the kings
D (xx0232@1)                  E (022100@1)                      ABut (x02220@1)now I think I've had enough of antiquated things
        Bm (x24432@1)       E (022100@1)   A (x02220@1)     C#mF#m
So it's home  home again America for me
D (xx0232@1)                 E (022100@1)                             AMy (x02220@1)heart is turning home again it's where I want to be
       Bm (x24432@1)              E (022100@1)     A (x02220@1)        C#m (x13321@4)    F#mIn (244222@1)the land of youth and freedom beyond the ocean    wide
D (xx0232@1)                      E (022100@1)                           AWhere (x02220@1)the air is full of sunlight and the flag full of stars
   Bm (x24432@1)        E (022100@1)        A (x02220@1)           C#m (x13321@4)  F#mOh (244222@1)London is a man's town there's power in the air
D (xx0232@1)            E (022100@1)                              AAnd (x02220@1)Paris is a woman's town with flowers in her hair
         Bm (x24432@1)              E (022100@1)         A (x02220@1)      C#m (x13321@4) F#mAnd (244222@1)it's sweet to dream in Venice it's great to study Rome
D (xx0232@1)                  E (022100@1)                          ABut (x02220@1)when it comes to living there's no place like home
        Bm (x24432@1)       E (022100@1)   A (x02220@1)     C#m (x13321@4) F#m^?
So it's home  home again America for   me
D (xx0232@1)                 E (022100@1)                             AMy (x02220@1)heart is turning home again it's where I want to be
       Bm (x24432@1)              E (022100@1)        A (x02220@1)     C#m (x13321@4) F#mIn (244222@1)the land of youth and freedom beyond the ocean wide
D (xx0232@1)                      E (022100@1)                           AWhere (x02220@1)the air is full of sunlight and the flag full of stars
Bm (x24432@1)            E (022100@1)           A (x02220@1)       C#m (x13321@4)    F#mI (244222@1)know Europe's wonderful yet something seems to lack
D (xx0232@1)                  E (022100@1)                             AThe (x02220@1)past is too much with her and the people looking back
        Bm (x24432@1)         E (022100@1)           A (x02220@1)      C#m (x13321@4)  F#m (244222@1)Oh the glory of the present is to make the future free
D (xx0232@1)                  E (022100@1)                            AWe (x02220@1)love our land for what she is and what she is to be
        Bm (x24432@1)       E (022100@1)   A (x02220@1)     C#m (x13321@4)F#mSo (244222@1)it's home  home again America for   me
D (xx0232@1)                 E (022100@1)                             AMy (x02220@1)heart is turning home again it's where I want to be
       Bm (x24432@1)              E (022100@1)        A (x02220@1)     C#m (x13321@4)  F#mIn (244222@1)the land of youth and freedom beyond the oceans green
D (xx0232@1)                      E (022100@1)                           AWhere (x02220@1)the air is full of sunlight and the flag full of stars

        Unreleased song performed in the early  80's