American Remains [Am]Johnny Cash

Verse 1
Am I am a shotgun rider for the San Jacinto F line
The C desert is my brother, my skin is cracked and G dry
I Am was riding on a folk coach, and everything wasF fine
C Till we took a shorter road to save G some time
The bandiFts only fired once, they shot me in the C chest
C They may have wounded me, but they'll never get the G best
Of better Am men, cause I'll ride again.

Verse 2
Am I am a river gambler, I make a livin`dealin F cards
C My clothes are smooth and honest, my heart is cold and G hard
Am I was shuffling` for some delta boys on the boatF for New Orelans
C I was the greatest shark they'd ever G seen
F But the Captain bumped a sandbar, and an C ace fell from my sleeve
C The threw me overboard as I swore I didn't G cheat
But I Am could swim, and I'll ride again

Verse 3
Am I am a mid-west farmer, I make a livin` off the Fland
C I ride a John Deer tractor, I am a liberated G man
Am But the rain it hasn't fallen, since the middle F of July
C And if it don't come soon my crops will G die

Verse 4
F The bank man says he likes me, but there's C nothing he can do
C He tells me that he's comin', but the clouds are comin' G too
He ain't my friend, Am and I'll ride again.
Am I am an American Indian, my tribe is F Cherokee
My foreCfathers loves this land they left it here for G me
But the Am white man came with boats and trains and dirty F factories
C And poisoned my existence with his G deeds
F Nature is our mother, we are suckling at C her breast
C And he who try to beat her down will lose her to the G rest
They'll never Am win, I'll ride again