American Remains

American Remains: Chords

Intro:
SIbm

  SIbm                                   SOLb
I am a shotgun rider for the San Jacinto line,
    REb                                          LAb
The desert is my brother, my skin is cracked and dry
      SIbm                                      SOLb
I was riding on a folk coach and everything was fine,
        REb                              LAb
'Til we took a shorter road to save some time
    SOLb
The bandits only fired once, 
     SIbm
they shot me in the chest
REb
 They may have wounded me 
                          LAb
but they'll never get the best,
          SOLb7+
Of better men:
                SIbm
'Cos I'll ride again

  SIbm                                        SOLb
I am a river gambler, I make a livin' dealin' cards
   REb
My clothes are smooth and honest,
                     LAb
my heart is cold and hard
      SIbm
I was shufflin' for some delta boys 
                    SOLb
on a boat for New Orleans,
  REb                                LAb
I was the greatest shark they'd ever seen
        SOLb
But the Captain bumped a sandbar, 
       SIbm                    REb
and an ace fell from my sleeve
                                            LAb
They threw me overboard as I swore I didn't cheat,
            SOLb7+
But I could swim:
               SIbm
And I'll ride again

       REb                                LAb
We are heroes of the homeland, American remains
   SOLb                   SIbm
We live in many faces and answer many names
   REb                                       LAb
We will not be forgotten, we won't be left behind
    MIbm                       LAb  LAb/SOLb
Our memories live on in mortal minds
LAb/FA  LAb/MIb    SOLb7+
         And poets pens:
            SIbm
We'll ride again

  SIbm                                          SOLb
I am a mid-west farmer, I make a livin' off the land,
  REb                                        LAb
I ride a John Deere tractor, I'm a liberated man
        SIbm
But the rain it hasn't fallen, 
                      SOLb
since the middle of July,
    REb                                 LAb
And if it don't come soon my crops will die
    SOLb                  
The bank man says he likes me, 
            SIbm
but there's nothin' he can do
   REb
He tells me that he's comin' 
                          LAb
but the clouds are comin' too
            SOLb7+
He ain't my friend:
               SIbm
And I'll ride again

  SIbm                                    SOLb
I am an American Indian, my tribe is Cherokee
REb
My forefathers loved this land 
                      LAb
they left it here for me
        SIbm
But the white man came with boats 
                          SOLb
and trains and dirty factories,
    REb                            LAb
An' poisened my existence with his deeds
SOLb
Nature is our mother, 
       SIbm
we are sucklings at her breast
    REb
And he who trys to beat her down 
                     LAb
will lose her to the rest
              SOLb7+
They'll never win
           SIbm
I'll ride again

       REb                                LAb
We are heroes of the homeland, American remains
   SOLb                   SIbm
We live in many faces and answer many names
   REb                                       LAb
We will not be forgotten, we won't be left behind
    MIbm                       LAb  LAb/SOLb
Our memories live on in mortal minds
LAb/FA  LAb/MIb    SOLb7+
         And poets pens:
            SIbm
We'll ride again

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Synth / Tastiere

American Remains è un brano inciso dai The Highwaymen, contenuto nell'album Highwayman 2 pubblicato nel 1990. Secondo disco di inediti per la superband statunitense, ridà il giusto slancio ai suoi componenti dopo che nuovi protagonisti della scena country li avevano in qualche modo scalzati dalle vette delle classifiche. La canzone, infatti, porta la firma di uno di questi nuovi countryman: Rivers Rutherford; terzo singolo estratto dall'album, si presenta come una ballata che risente del sound di quegli anni, fatto anche di tastiere.

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L'autore del post

Alberto Moneti

36 anni, polistrumentista: pianoforte, chitarra, batteria, clarinetto. Ha conseguito la licenza in teoria musicale e solfeggio presso il Conservatorio Cherubini di Firenze. Dal 1997 è organista presso la Basilica di Santa Maria del Sasso, a Bibbiena (AR).