Come home to america Chords
Come home to america by Johnny Rivers is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G/D. It uses the chords G/D, D, G, F#m7, A, G/B, F#, Bm, Em7 and A7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
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 )