Highwaymen - American Remains Chords

[Verse 1]
 
   Em
I am a shotgun rider
                      C
For the San Jacinto line
     G
The desert is my brother
                         D
My skin is cracked and dry
       Em
I was riding on a folk coach
                    C
And everything was fine
         G
Till we took a shorter road
              D
To save some time
     C
The bandits only fired once
    G
They shot me in the chest
 Em
They may have wounded me but
                      D
They'll never get the best
             C
Of better men
                    Em
Cause I'll ride again
 
 
[Verse 2]
  Em
I am a river gambler
                        C
I make a living dealing cards
     G
My clothes are smooth and honest
                       D
My heart is cold and hard
      Em
I was shuffling for some delta boys
                  C
On a boat for New Orleans
    G                                 D
I was the greatest shark they'd ever seen
          C
But the captain bumped a sandbar
         G
And an ace fell from my sleeve
Em
They threw me overboard
                     D
As I swore I didn't cheat
             C
But I could swim
                 Em
And I'll ride again
 
 
[Chorus]
        G                                 D
We are heroes of the homeland, American remains
   C                     Em
We live in many faces and answer many names
   G                                       D
We will not be forgotten, we won't be left behind
    C                           D
Our memories live on in mortal minds
           C
And poets pens
            Em
We'll ride again
 
 
[Verse 3]
 Em
I am a mid-west farmer
                         C
I make a living off the land
  G
I ride a John Deere tractor
                 D
I'm a liberated man
          Em
But the rain it hasn't fallen
                     C
Since the middle of July
     G                                   D
And if it don't come soon my crops will die
    C
The bank man says he likes me
              Em
But there's nothing he can do
     G
He tells me that he's coming
                           D
But the clouds are coming too
              C
He ain't my friend
                Em
And I'll ride again
 
 
[Verse 4]
   Em
I am an American Indian
              C
My tribe is Cherokee
  G
My forefathers loved this land
                      D
They left it here for me
           Em
But the white man came with boats
                      C
And trains and dirty factories
      G                              D
An' poisoned my existence with his deeds
   C
Nature is our mother
           G
We are sucklings at her breast
     Em
And he who tries to beat her down
                      D
Will lose her to the rest
              C
They'll never win
            Em
I'll ride again
 
 
[Chorus]
 
     G                                 D
We are heroes of the homeland, American remains
   C                     Em
We live in many faces and answer many names
   G                                       D
We will not be forgotten, we won't be left behind
    C                           D
Our memories live on in mortal minds
           C
And poets pens
            Em
We'll ride again