IntroCVerse 1AmFC
Is this just an illusion
AmFC
That I made inside my head to get me by?
Am
20 years in debt
20 years in the government
FC
20 years can never get me by
Pre-ChorusG
Then I feel you close
Feel you close like you wanted me to
F
Feel you close like you wanted me to
Believe in you
ChorusAmFC
Rise to the top of the world, America
GAmF
America, don't you cry
C
Lift me up
G
Give me strength to press on
AmFC
Rise to the top of the world, America
GAmF
America, don't you cry
C
Lift me up
GC
Give me strength to press on
Verse 2AmFC
From farmers in the fields
AmFC
To the tallest of the towers that fall and rise
AmF
1-7-7-6
C
The names upon the list
AmFC
For all the ones that gave until they died
G
Don't you hold back
FAmFC
I can see in your mind, and your mind will set you free
Pre-ChorusG
Then I feel you close
Feel you close like you wanted me to
F
Feel you close like you wanted me to
Believe in you
ChorusAmFC
Rise to the top of the world, America
GAmF
America, don't you cry
C
Lift me up
G
Give me strength to press on
AmFC
Rise to the top of the world, America
GAmF
America, don't you cry
C
Lift me up
GC
Give me strength to press on
ChorusAmFC
Rise to the top of the world, America
GAmF
America, don't you cry
C
Lift me up
G
Give me strength to press on
AmFC
Rise to the top of the world, America
GAmF
America, don't you cry
C
Lift me up
GC
Give me strength to press on
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