American Child
John DenverVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Goin up to A las ka
Up to the land of the Midnight Sun
Where the whale and the polar bear run oer the icy blue
sea
Goin up to las ka
Up to the north and the pioneer life
Where courage and strength still survive
And a man can be free
American Child does the call of the wild
Ever sing thru the mist of your dreams
Does it fly with the wind when you waken again
When itâs gone do you know what it means
Can you picture the time when a man had to find
His own way through an unbroken land
Be fore the machine changed the blue and the green
To something you canât under stand
American Child theres a burning inside you
That calls you away through the cold
To come back again to all that youâve been
Canât you see that itâs time to come home
To the flowers and trees and the rivers and the seas
And the earth whoâs the mother of all
A promise once made will it shine will it fade
Will we rise with the vision or fall
Goin up to A las ka
Up to the land of the Midnight Sun
Where the whale and the polar bear run oer the icy blue
sea
Goin up to las ka
Up to the north and the pioneer life
Where courage and strenght still survive
And a man can be free
Men can be free
Goin up to A las ka
Goin up to A las ka
Goin up to A las ka
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Readable chord sheet for American Child by John Denver
[D] [Esus] [E] [F] [G] [A] Goin up to A [G] las [D] ka [A] Up to the [G] land of the [D] Midnight [A] Sun Where the [G] whale and the polar bear run oer the [F] icy blue [C] sea [A] Goin up to [A] [G] las [D] ka [A] Up to the [G] north and the [D] pioneer [A] life Where [G] courage and strength still survive And a [F] man can be [C] free [D] [G] American Child does the call of the wild Ever [F] sing thru the mist of your [C] dreams Does it [G] fly with the wind when you [Gmaj7] waken [G7] again When itâs [C] gone do you know what it [D] means Can you [G] picture the time when a man had to find His own [F] way through an unbroken [C] land Be [G] fore the machine changed the [Gmaj7] blue and the [G7] green To [C] something you canât under [D] stand [G] American Child theres a burning inside you That [F] calls you away through the [C] cold To [G] come back again to [Gmaj7] all that youâve [G7] been Canât you [C] see that itâs time to come [D] home To the [G] flowers and trees and the rivers and the seas And the [F] earth whoâs the mother of [C] all A [G] promise once made will it [Gmaj7] shine will it [G7] fade Will we [C] rise with the vision or [A] fall Goin up to A [G] las [D] ka [A] Up to the [G] land of the [D] Midnight [A] Sun Where the [G] whale and the polar bear run oer the [F] icy blue [C] sea [A] Goin up to [A] [G] las [D] ka [A] Up to the [G] north and the [D] pioneer [A] life Where [G] courage and strenght still survive And a [F] man can be [C] free Men can be [D] free Goin up to A [G] las [D] ka Goin up to A [G] las [D] ka Goin up to A [G] las [D] ka