Girl America Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Em7 D G (MA/Dy girl)

Em7 (it's just for you)D

 (i'Gll see you thereA/D)

Right before transitioning to the verse,|

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(*=harmonic) |

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Verse

 my girl ameriEm7ca is just a youth is this wDorld

 her smile is more precGious than the sparkle of pA/Dearls

 and though her age Em7reads she’s just a youngD girl

 the age behind her eyesG show the pain thatA/D she’s swirled

 through the hand that’s been dEm7ealt though it’s quiet asD kept

 the weight was all fGelt last night when she sA/Dlept

 and as she crept into the dEm7reams of the things of her pDast

 seems to have grown so fGast, way beyond her ownA/D class

 though they're right there wEm7ith her, her brothers and her siDsters

 a natural born leGader even when her peerA/Ds dis her

 my girl, she’s at a croEm7ssroads, people praying for Dher

 some are preying on her maGgazine ads, sA/Dex, drama

 smoking marijuana, loEm7nging for a father to caDll her, ‘daughter’

 she’s part of a geGneration longing foA/Dr reconciliation

 and this future that they're Em7facing and this poisonD that they're tasting

 my girl, i kDnow this love thatA/D your chasing

Chorus

Em7 my girl america’s crDying when she’s lGying on her bed atA/D night

Em7 i can see that she’s scrDeaming when she’s drGeaming for her fA/Dreedom

Em7 my girl america’s dyDing while she’s trGying just to sA/Dtop this fight

Em7don't stop belDieving, my gGirl ameriA/Dca

Verse

 boys with hungry Em7eyes have been beating her dDoor

 telling her thaGt’s what she’s for, trying to rob at herA/D core

 then leave calling her a Em7whore, but still she knows there’s mDore

 i know she knows there’s mGore because there is a voice she can't A/Dignore

 ‘cause it was founded in the Em7foundations, from the day of her creDation

 in God we trGust engraved on the treA/Dasures of her nation

 and the Em7void that the boys can’t Dfill

 with the tiGpping of the bottle or the poA/Dpping of the pill

 but still most of her fEm7riends don't care as they gDlare

 ready to drown down the fuGnnel as they frown down the tA/Dunnel

 they stumble and the Em7tumble breaking down into ruDbble

 my girl amerGica, stop can't you A/Dsee

 it’s not the circumsEm7tances that determDine who you're gonna be

 but hGow you deal with these pA/Droblems and pains that come your way

 it’s forEm7 you that i pray with hoDpe for a brighter day

 and so i sGay, your deliverance A/Dis coming

[Repeat Chorus X2]

Bridge

Em7faith like a chDild from your first birth

 you lGeft it in the dirt on your wA/Dorst hurt

 and i sEm7ee each tear and evDery scar

 the hGands that have held A/Dyou where you are

 and i can Em7see that we've strDayed so far

 a king bGorn under that mA/Dorning star

 as a cEm7rown of thorns wasD placed to erase

 each tGear that’s touched A/Dyour face

 and his Em7palms and sides whereD pierced with spears

 he hGung in love just tA/Do draw you near

Em7and my girl, outD of this whole world

Gcan’t you see this iA/Ds where we started

[Repeat Chorus x2]

Ending(2 parts)

 and his Em7palms and sides whereD pierced with spears

 he hGung in love just to A/Ddraw you near

(1776 to a new heaven)

Em7and my girl, outD of this whole world

(just for you girl, i'll see you there)

Gcan’t you see this iA/Ds where we startEm7ed

(don't stop believin')

  D wGhere we A/Dstarted

(don't stop)

  Em7where we stDarted... My gGirl AA/Dmeri-ica

(don't stop believin' boo)