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(G) I CROSSED THE DELAWARE WITH WASHINGTON
IN THE (C) EYE OF A RAGING (G) STORM
I (G) RODE WITH THE SEVENTH WHEN CUSTER WENT DOWN
AT A (D) PLACE CALLED LITTLE BIG HORN
I STOOD (G) SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH JACKSON
IN THE (C) BATTLE OF NEW (G) ORLEANS
AND I (G) LIVED IN DODGE WHEN WYATT
WAS THE (D) FASTEST GUN THEY’D EVER SEEN
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THEY (G) CALL ME (C) AMERICA
AND I (G) REACH FROM SEA TO SHINING (D) SEA
THEY (G) CALL ME (C) AMERICA
I’M (G) PROUD, SOMETIMES (D) WILD, FOREVER (G) FREE
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I (G) WAS THERE WHEN LOUIS AND CLARK
BLAZED THEIR (C) TRAIL ACROSS THE DUSTY (G) PLAIN
I (G) LIVED IN MISSOURI WHEN THE GREATEST OUTLAW
WAS A (D) MAN CALLED JESSE JAMES
I (G) MARCHED TO GETTYSBURG WHEN LINCOLN
DECLARED THAT (C) ALL MEN SHALL BE (G) FREE
I WAS THE (G) FIRST OFF THE BOAT IN NEW YORK CITY TO SEE THE (D) STATUE OF LIBERTY
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I (G) JUMPED WITH THE AIRBORNE INTO NORMANDY
AND WE (C) MARCHED ALL THE WAY TO (G) BERLIN
(G) I CRAWLED THROUGH THE JUNGLES OF VIETMAN
(D) TO HELP A DYING FRIEND
(G) I WAS THERE IN THE STREETS OF THE BIG APPLE
(C) WHEN THE WORLD TRADE CENTER FELL
(G) AND WHEN I FINALLY FOUND BIN LADEN
(D) I SENT HIS ASS STRAIGHT TO (G) HELL
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[Thanks to Tony Sheppard for tabs]