John Denver - American Child guitar chord

(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 itâs (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 canât 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 youâve (G7) been

Canât you (C) see that itâs time to come (D) home

To the (G) flowers and trees and the rivers and the seas

And the (F) earth whoâs 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