Chords for "Americana"

Date:  29 March 2018
From:  George Ziadeh


"Americana"    Transcribed by George Ziadeh

Piano Intro: E/B-B - B9 - A(b5) - C#m-F#m - B - A/B
Guitar Intro: (Ex3 - Esus4) Ex3

A/C#     E
I wanna make my home
Where the buffalo roam
         A     B7  E(sus4)
In that great panorama
         E
My baby brother and me
Esus4    E
In the land of the free
   A  B7  E
Ameeeeericana
        B7
In my schoolboy world
          A
I always get the girl
         F#m   B7      E
On that great silver screen
             B7
'Cos since I was a teen
            A        F#m
You know I had this dream
  A B7 (Ex3 - Esus4 - Ex3 - Eadd9) x2
Americana.......Oh
Bm
Running high on inspiration
F#m
Taken from those Wild West heroes
A                            E
Full of expectations of the road
Bm
On that winding trail to somewhere
F#m
Young and foolish though he did not
A                                   B7 
Care what dangers lay in store and so
        E                 /sus4-E
In the steps of the great pioneers
Over air, sea, and land, still I can't understand
         C#m
How I'm gonna get there from here
    A                   B                     Ex16
Wherever it goes, it's gonna take me somewhere
  A B7  Asus2 x16      Fm x8
Americanaaaaaaaa......ooooh
  D   E6     A x16
Ameeeeeeeericana
    E              B7         F#m  B7      E
Kentucky Moon, Montana sky, Sieeeerra Nevada
         B7
It's an epic ride
           F#m7        A
But it's a long, long drive
  F#m   B7  E
Ameeeeericana...Oh

Instrumental: A - B-E - C#m - B - A - Ex16
         E  Esus4
I wanna make my home
           E      Esus4 B7 E
Where the buffalo roam...Oh