American Tune (complete)

by Paul Simon

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Many's the time I've been mistaken
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And many times confused.
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Yes, and I've often felt forsaken
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And certainly misused
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Oh, but I'm all right,I'm   all    right
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I'm just weary to my bones
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Still, you don't expect to be
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Bright and bon vivant
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So far away from home, 
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So  far away from home
4  5     6   6  -6I don't know a soul 
6     -5  5    -4  5  who's not been battered
5  -7   -7   -7  7     7   -7   -7  -6I don't have a friend who feels at ease5  5      6  6  -6    6I don't know a dream that's -5   5   -4  6  5not been shattered-7  7  8  -8  8  -8or driven to its knees7    7   7    7  -7 6    6  -6-7-66  6  Oh, but it's all right, it's  all   right6   6   -6   7   6   -5  5for we lived so well so long7       -7  7  -8   7   -7Still, when I think of the7     -7    -6  6   -7 road we're traveling on5 -5  6    6     -4    5I wonder what's gone wrong5  -6    -6  6   6 6 5 4    5     -4    4I can't help it, I wonder what's gone wrong4   4   5    -4  4  -4 4And I dreamed I was dying
4   4      5   -5  6   -8   7 -7-7 7 -6I dreamed that my soul rose unexpectedly
-6  -6  6   -5   -5   6  5And looking back down at me
6      -5 5 5 -5 -4Smiled reassuringly
4   4  5     -4  4  -4 4And I dreamed I was flying
5    5   -5  6 6 -9   8    -8    -8 8    7And high up above my eyes could clearly see
7    7 -7  -7 -7 7 -6The Statue of Liberty
-6  6  -5 -5 6   5Sailing away to sea
4   4   5    -4  4  -4 4And I dreamed I was flying
4   5   6   6  -6    6   -5    5   -4We come on the ship they call the Mayflower
-7 -7   -7 -7   7    7    -7    -7   -6We come on the ship that sailed the moon
4   5   6   6   -6 7   6     5 -4 6     5We come in the  age's  most uncertain hours
-7   7   7   7 8-8 -8   7and sing an  American tune
7    7   7    7 6     -6   -6   6      6     5Oh, and it's alright, it's all right, s'all right
6    6    -6  7-8 8   -8 7You can't be forever blessed
7      -7 -7 7    -8   7  -7 7 -7  -6 6   -7Still, tomorrow's gon' be another working day
5    5   -5    6   6   -4   5And I'm trying to get some rest
5      -5   7  6 5 4   4  5   -4   4That's all I'm trying to get some rest