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America, the Dream Goes On


E C D E America, America, and the dream goes on! C D E America, America, and the dream goes on! E There's a song in the dust of a country road D On the wind it comes to call, E And it sings in the farms and the factory towns D E And where you think there'd be no song at all. A And the words are the words that our fathers heard G As they whistled down the years, And the name of the song is the name of the dream, F And it's music to our ears. E G A E America, America, and the dream goes on! E7 C D E America, America, and the dream goes on!

And the words that we read on the courthouse walls
Are the words that make us free.
And the more we remember where we began,
The closer we get to the best we can be.

Was there ever a time we forgot it's worth
All the struggles and the scars?
If we leave to the children a sky full of hope
And a flag that's filled with stars.


E G A E America, America, and the dream goes on! G Remember the voice of Jefferson D#m And the sound of Thomas Paine, F Em Lincoln sang at Gettysberg about America. F Listen well to the wind and you can hear, E (or C#m) From Oregon to Maine, A G# E "America, America!"

There's a song in the dust of a country road
On the wind it comes to call,
And it sings in the farms and the factory towns
And where you think there'd be no song at all.

And the words are the words that our fathers heard
As they whistled down the years,
And the name of the song is the name of the dream,
And it's music to our ears.

America, America, and the dream goes on!


C Think of Roosevelt and Kennedy G#m And of Martin Luther King, Bb Am And the way they sang a song about America. Bb Listen well to the wind, it's always there, A (or F#m) And it's asking us to sing, D C# F# "America, America!" F# Though the voices are changing, the song's the same E As it sings from sea to sea. F# And as long as the music is strong and clear, E F# We'll know that tomorrow will always be free. F#7 A B F# America, and the dream goes on! F#7 A B F# America, and the dream goes on! F#7 America, America, America, America! D E F# And the dream goes on!

(Words by Marilyn Bergman and Alan Bergman; Music by John Williams, 1982)


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