Intro ===== D5 G5 x 2 Verse 1 ======= D5 D5 She's up before the sun on the run G5 Another dollar another day another cup of coffee D5 G5 Thank you Lord for giving me one more D5 D5 She still leans on her dreams but it seems G5 Some-times she's the only one who still believes B5 A5 G5 That life is hard so she takes it on with an A-merican heart Chorus 1 ======== D5 D5 And it beats like a drum down in New Orleans G5 Sings like a Motown melody D5 G5 It dreams like California bigger than the Texas sky D5 F#5 B5 A5 G5 It bleeds it scars but it shines when times get hard D5 /F#5 G5 And you can't break an American heart D5 /F#5 G5 Verse 2 ======= D5 D5 From the small town friday night lights G5 To the Broadway neon burning up bright D5 G5 We're all the same and it's in our veins D5 D5 A spirit that you can't keep down G5 A fire inside that'll never burn out B5 A5 G5 If you are the owner of an A-merican heart Chorus 2 (key change!) ======== E5 E5 Cos it beats like a drum down in New Orleans A5 Sings like a Motown melody E5 A5 It dreams like California bigger than the Texas sky E5 Ab5 C#5 B5 A5 It bleeds it scars but it shines when times get hard C#5 /Eb5 E5 /Ab5 A5 And you can't break an American heart C#5 /Eb5 E5 /Ab5 A5 An American heart Chorus 3 ======== E5 E5 And it beats like a drum down in New Orleans A5 Sings like a Motown melody E5 A5 It dreams like California bigger than the Texas sky E5 Ab5 C#5 B5 A5 It bleeds it scars but it shines when times get hard A5 E5 /Ab5 A5 And you can't break you can't break an American heart E5 /Ab5 A5 An American heart E5 An American heart God bless America land of the free God bless America