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Johnny Rivers - Come Home America Tabs

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Come Home America Tabs

(ver. 1)
Johnny Rivers



written by J.Rivers/M.Georgiades
performed by Johnny Rivers
1972

Patterns:

(1):
 G/D               D                 G/D               D
 v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
-7-------7-9-7---|-5---0-------5---|-3-------3-5-----|-2-------0h2-----|
-8-------------8-|-7-------7----7--|---3---3---------|-3---3-------3---|
-7---------------|-7-------7-----6-|-----4-----------|-2-----2-------2-|
-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-----0-0-------|-0-------0-------|
-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

(2):
 G/D               Dj7               G/D               D
 v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
-7-------7-9-7---|-5---0-------5---|-3-------3-5-----|-2-------0h2-----|
-8---10---8----8-|-7-------7----7--|---3---3---------|-3---3-------3---|
-7---------------|-6-------6-----6-|-----4-----------|-2-----2-------2-|
-0---------0-----|-0-------0-------|-0-----0-0-------|-0-------0-------|
-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

(1)
(2)

VERSE:
G/D      Dj7    G/D      D                   <- (2)
Winds of change   blowing strong
G/D         Dj7           G/D         D      <- (2)
Thought I'd heard someone   sing this song
G/D     Dj7       G/D              D         <- (2)
Days of peace are not that hard to find
G           F#m7             A
Pick up the dream you left behind.

CHORUS:
G         A    G/B      D
Young and old, rich and poor,
F#                  Bm A G
Black and white can rhyme,
G         Dj7                Em7  A7   D
Wake up America, it's been a long long time.

VERSE:
G/D      Dj7    G/D         D
Time has come     to make a choice
G/D         Dj7     G/D                  D
To give the people,    give 'em back the voice
G/D                Dj7   G/D               D
Will we leave this land    in the hands of greed
G          F#m7                 A
Or will we answer our brother's needs?

CHORUS:
G         A    G/B      D
Young and old, rich and poor,
F#                  Bm   A  G
Black and white can rhyme,
G         Dj7                  Em7  A7   Hm A G
Come home America, it's been a long long time,
G         Dj7                  Em7  A7   D
Come home America, it's been a long long time.


( Instead of the above patterns, you could play this:
  first G/D = xx0787
        Dj7 = xx0675
  sec.  G/D = xx0433
        D   = xx0232  )

  Dj7 = Dmaj7
            
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