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Here is
the lead sheet if you would like the words.
Randy
Allen © April 2012
(agmt. notes; drums
rev. snare intro, Randy Acoustic Guitar hammer-on beg)
Intro: –drums – then
guitar D// C// G//// x2
Verse #1
D C G D
Island Ellis, please
please tell us you got a job for these young fellas
D
C G D
Liberty, hey look at
me. fly my colors for the world to see
D
C G
D
They sent your poor
to my front door so you could stand up and you could be more.
D
C G D
Empire empire in
the sky, you had to be higher don’t ask me why
CHORUS:
Am F
pause 4 bt)
G Am
America my beautiful
one, they tore a hole in your side just to see you run. (4 beat pause)
Am F
pause 4 bt)
G Am
America my beautiful
one, they tore a hole in your side but you’re not un-done (4 beat pause)
Turn Around (*all
band in here)
D
C G //// x2
Verse #2
D C
G D
Skyscraper where is
your neighbor, saw your picture in the Sunday paper
D
C G
D
Firefighter climbing
higher, dust on your face like an old coal-miner
D
C G
D
Tears and rage all
on the front page, can this old world ever be the same?
D
C G D
Weight of the world,
your flag unfurled to the ground you were hurled
CHORUS (notes *Joe
Solo after 2nd chorus twice around turn around D-C-G //// x2
then to Am / F +4 beat play through pause at end of Joes solo need space
before Vocal. Keys, not to much like sweet home on turn around)
Verse#3
D
C G
D
Plane above town of
brotherly love, You should have landed just like a dove.
D
C G
D
Voices voices on the
telephone, the last we heard was “hey lets roll”.
D
C G
D
Cold Black cloud
comin’ from the ground, look for my friend but he can’t be found.
D
C G
D
Ground Ground your
name is Zero, when you came down your were full of Heroes
CHORUS
Repeat last line x2
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