John Denver - American Child

[ 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 itas [ 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 canat 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 youave [ G7 ] been
canat you [ C ] see that itas time to come [ D ] home

to the [ G ] flowers and trees and the rivers and the seas
and the [ F ] earth whoas 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