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Faith Hill - American Heart chords
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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 ====== 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 ===== D G x 2 Verse 1 ======= 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 ======== 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 [ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/f/faith-hill/336014.html ] Verse 2 ======= 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!) ======== 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 ======== 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 ----------------------------------------- I hope I've done it justice! Kevin O'Brien Watford England November 2012 watfordkev@gmail.com  |