American Tune - Paul Simon

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[Intro]


[Verse 1]
             
Many's the tim

           
e I've been mi

   
staken
          
and many times

     
 confused
            
Yes and I've o

           
ften felt for-

    
sa-ken
           
and certainly 

   
misused
           
Oh, but I'm al

            
right, I'm alr


ight,
            
I'm just weary

       
 to  my  bones
           
Still you don'

              
t expect to be

           
 bright and bo

     
n vivant
          
So far away fr

       
om home,
       
so  far away f

     
rom home


[Verse 2]
              
And I don't kn

            
ow a soul who'

           
s not been bat

 
tered
              
I don't have a

           
 friend who fe

      
els at ease
             
I don't know a

            
 dream that's 

           
not been sha-a

      
-ttered
           
or driven to i

     
t's knees
           
Oh, but it's a

            
lright, it's a

  
lright
             
for we lived s

      
o well  so  lo

   
ng
           
Still when I t

             
hink of the ro

            
ad we're trave

     
ling on
          
I wonder what'

            
s gone wrong,
           
I can't help i

          
t, I wonder wh

            
at's gone wron

g


[Bridge]
              
And I dreamed 

       
I was dying
              
I dreamed that

             
 my soul rose 

          
unexpectedly
              
And looking ba

           
ck down at me,

            
 smiled reassu

    
ringly
              
And I dreamed 

        
I was flying
              
And high up ab

             
ove my eyes co

            
uld clearly se

 
e
              
The Statue of 

          
Liberty, saili

             
ng away to sea
              
And I dreamed 

        
I was flying


[Verse 3]
              
For we come on

            
 the ship they

            
 call the "May

       
flower"
              
We come on the

          
 ship that sai

         
led the moon
             
We come in the

          
 ages most unc

          
ertain hours
            
and sing an Am

       
erican Tune
            
Oh, and it's a

            
lright, it's a

  
lright
             
you can't be f

       
or - e - ver b

    
lessed
           
Still tomorrow

              
's gonna be an

           
other working 

 
day
            
And I'm trying

            
 to get some r

   
est,
           
that's all I'm

          
 trying to get

       
 some rest

[Outro]
              

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