American Heart Chords & Lyrics by Faith Hill
American Heart
guitar chords lyrics
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 X02320
Dmaj7 xx0222
G 320033
E 022100
Bm x24322
A x02220
F# 244322
Emaj7 021100
G# 466544
C#m x46654
B x24442
A/E 002220
Intro
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D G x 2
Verse 1
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D Dmaj7
She's up before the sun on the run
G
Another dollar another day another cup of coffee
D G
Thank you Lord for giving me one more
D Dmaj7
She still leans on her dreams but it seems
G
Some-times she's the only one who still believes
Bm A G
That life is hard so she takes it on with an A-merican heart
Chorus 1
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D Dmaj7
And it beats like a drum down in New Orleans
G
Sings like a Motown melody
D G
It dreams like California bigger than the Texas sky
D F# Bm A G
It bleeds it scars but it shines when times get hard
D /F# G
And you can't break an American heart
D /F# G
Verse 2
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D Dmaj7
From the small town friday night lights
G
To the Broadway neon burning up bright
D G
We're all the same and it's in our veins
D Dmaj7
A spirit that you can't keep down
G
A fire inside that'll never burn out
Bm A G
If you are the owner of an A-merican heart
Chorus 2 (key change!)
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E Emaj7
Cos it beats like a drum down in New Orleans
A
Sings like a Motown melody
E A
It dreams like California bigger than the Texas sky
E G# C#m B A
It bleeds it scars but it shines when times get hard
C#m /D# E /G# A
And you can't break an American heart
C#m /D# E /G# A
An American heart
Chorus 3
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E Emaj7
And it beats like a drum down in New Orleans
A
Sings like a Motown melody
E A
It dreams like California bigger than the Texas sky
E G# C#m B A
It bleeds it scars but it shines when times get hard
A/E E /G# A
And you can't break you can't break an American heart
E /G# A
An American heart
E
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
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