THE AMERICAN IN ME -   Michael McDermott- Michael-McDermott.com
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       G (320003@1)                          C (x32010@1)STEEPLES OF WHITE, WINDS OF CHANGE AND FEAR
         G (320003@1)                          C (x32010@1)FLAGS ON FIRE, SOMETHING LOOMING NEAR
         G (320003@1)        		                  C (x32010@1)FROM SHORE TO SHORE....FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA
         G (320003@1)	     C (x32010@1)I AM THIS LAND...MAYBE THIS LAND IS ME
         G (320003@1)                     C (x32010@1)FAMILIARITY BREEDS CONTEMPT
         G (320003@1)                         C (x32010@1)MY INNOCENCE...WONDERING WHERE IT WENT
         Am (x02210@1)                            D (xx0232@1)YOU MUST DEFEND, WHAT YOU THINK IS YOURS
         Em (022000@1)                               C' (x32010@1)SOMETIMES I FIGHT...LITTLE DIRTY WARS
         G (320003@1)                  C (x32010@1)                      G (320003@1)ITS THE AMERICAN IN ME
         G (320003@1)	          C (x32010@1)FOXHOLE PRAYERS, CRUCIFIXTIONS BURN
         G (320003@1)                              C (x32010@1)YOU CAN ENDURE, THAT DON'T MEAN YOU LEARN
         Am (x02210@1)                               D (xx0232@1)I'M NOT EVEN SURE, WHAT IS BEING DONE
         Em (022000@1)                                   C (x32010@1)SOMETIMES I WONDER, WHAT WILL BECOME

         G (320003@1)                 C (x32010@1)OF THE AMERICAN IN ME
         G (320003@1)                                C (x32010@1)SOMETIMES I LOOK, I DON'T WANNA SEE
         Em (022000@1)        D (xx0232@1)      C (x32010@1)ITS THE AMERICAN IN ME

         Em (022000@1)OLD MEN IN DINING CARS OF ALL NIGHT TRAINS

         Bm (x24432@1)LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW AT THE SMALL TOWN NAMES
                  Am (x02210@1)THEY DREAM OF DAYS GONE BY WITH EYES SOAKED
	IN REVERIE
         C (x32010@1)                      G/B (143121@7)  C (x32010@1)AND SINGING , " MY COUNTRY TIS' OF THEE"

	SOMETIMES I'M RIGHT, SOMETIMES I'M WRONG
	SOMETIMES I GO, WHERE I DON'T BELONG
	WHAT'S LIBERTY, THE HISTORY BOOKS ARE STAINED
	SOMETIMES I'M PROUD, SOMETIMES I'M SO ASHAMED

	OF THE AMERICAN IN ME
	DON'T MISTAKE DISSENT FOR DISLOYALTY
	ITS THE AMERICAN IN ME