American Remains Chords by The Highwaymen

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[Verse]
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■   ■    I am a shotgun rider for the San Jacinto line
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The desert is my brother my skin is cracked and dry
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I was riding on a folk coach and everything was fine
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'til we took a shorter road to save some time


[Chorus]
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The bandits only fired once they shot me in the chest
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They may have wounded me
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But they'll never get the best of better men
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'cause I'll ride again


[Verse]
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I am a river gambler I make a living dealing cards
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My clothes are smooth and honest my heart is cold and hard
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I was shuffling for some delta boys on a boat for New Orleans
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I was the greatest shark they'd ever seen
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But the captain bumped a sandbar and an ace fell from my sleeve
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They threw me overboard as I swore I didn't cheat
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But I could swim
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■      And I'll ride again ■   


[Chorus]
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■   We are heroes of the homeland American remains
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We live in many faces and answer many names
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We will not be forgotten we won't be left behind
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Our memories live on in mortal minds


[Inst]
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And poets pens  
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We'll ride again


[Verse]
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I am a Midwest farmer I make a living off the land
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I ride a John Deere tractor I'm a liberated man
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But the rain it hasn't fallen since the middle of July
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And if it don't come soon my crops will die
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The bank man says he likes me but there's nothing he can do
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He tells me that he's coming but the clouds are coming too
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He ain't my friend
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And I'll ride again ■    ■   ■   


[Chorus]
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I am an American Indian my tribe is Cherokee
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My forefathers loved this land they left it here for me
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But the white man came with boats and trains and dirty factories
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Poisoned my existence with his deeds
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Nature is our mother we are sucklings at her breast
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And he who tries to beat her down will lose her to the rest
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They'll never win
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I'll ride again
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We are heroes of the homeland American remains
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We live in many faces and answer many names
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We will not be forgotten we won't be left behind
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Our memories live on in mortal minds ■  
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And poets pens ■      ■ 


[Outro]
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■      We'll ride ■    ■   ■    again ■   


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