Jackson Browne - For America

      
 
 Intro:

 Dm - Bb - C - Dm - Dm - Bb - Dm
 e|-13---------------------|
 B|----15------------------|
 G|-------14---------------|
 D|---------15--14--12-----|
 A|------------------------|
 E|------------------------|
 

 
 Vers 1:
 
 Dm                             
 As if i really didnt understand
  Bb                                       
 That i was just another part of their plan
      C                            
 I went off looking for the promise
 Dm                         
 Believing in the Motherland
 
 Vers 2:
 
 Dm                                     
 And from the comfort of a dreamer's bed
 Bb                           
 And the safety of my own head
 C                               
 I went on speaking of the future
 Dm                                
 While other people fought and bled
 
 Bridge 1:
 
 F                                Bb 
 The kid I was when I first left home
 F                                             Bb 
 Was looking for his freedom and a life of his own
 F                                             Bb   
 But the freedom that he found wasn't quite as sweet
 F                       Bb C 
 When the truth was known
 
 Chorus 1:
 
 C                        
 I have prayed for America
 Am                    
 I was made for America
 Bb                              
 It's in my blood and in my bones
                         Bb - C 
 By the dawn's early light
                       Bb - C 
 By all I know is right
                                      Bb - C 
 We're going to reap what we have sown
 
 Dm - Bb - C - Dm x 1
 
 Vers 4
 
 Dm                                   
 As if freedom was a question of might
 Bb                               
 As if loyalty was black and white
 C                                   
 You hear people say it all the time-
 Dm                         
 "My country wrong or right"
 
 Vers 5
 
 Dm                                  
 I want to know what that's got to do
 Bb                                        
 With what it takes to find out what's true
 C                                       
 With everyone from the President on down
 Dm                        
 Trying to keep it from you
 
 Bridge 2
 
 F                                Bb       
 The thing I wonder about the Dads and Moms
 F                                Bb 
 Who send their sons to the Vietnams
 F                                Bb     
 Will they really think their way of life
 F                                Bb      C 
 Has been protected as the next war comes?
 
 Chorus 2
 
 C                        
 I have prayed for America
 Am                    
 I was made for America
 Bb                                
 Her shining dream plays in my mind
                         Bb - C 
 By the rockets red glare
                         Bb - C 
 A generation's blank stare
                         Bb - C 
 We better wake her up this time
 
 Dm - Bb - C - Dm x 1
 
 Solo:
 
 Bridge 3:
 
 F                                Bb 
 The kid I was when I first left home
 F                                Bb              
 Was looking for his freedom and a life of his own
 F                                Bb                
 But the freedom that he found wasn't quite as sweet
 F                       Bb C 
 When the truth was known
 
 Chorus 3:
 
 C                        
 I have prayed for America
 Am                    
 I was made for America
 Bb                                  
 I can't let go till she comes around
                         Bb - C 
 Until the land of the free
                     Bb - C 
 Is awake and can see
                         Bb - C         
 And until her conscience has been found
 
 Dm - Bb - C - Dm x 1
 
 Outro