American Child

D EsuE F G A - - - - - - - - - G D A Goin up to A las ka G D A Up to the land of the Midnight Sun G F C Where the whale and the polar bear run oer the icy blue sea A G D A Goin up to A las ka G D A Up to the north and the pioneer life G Where courage and strength still survive F C D And a man can be free G American Child does the call of the wild F C Ever sing thru the mist of your dreams G Gmaj7 G7 Does it fly with the wind when you waken again C D When its gone do you know what it means G Can you picture the time when a man had to find F C His own way through an unbroken land G Gmaj7 G7 Be fore the machine changed the blue and the green C D To something you cant under stand G American Child theres a burning inside you F C That calls you away through the cold G Gmaj7 G7 To come back again to all that youve been C D Cant you see that its time to come home G To the flowers and trees and the rivers and the seas F C And the earth whos the mother of all G Gmaj7 G7 A promise once made will it shine will it fade C A Will we rise with the vision or fall G D A Goin up to A las ka G D A Up to the land of the Midnight Sun G F C Where the whale and the polar bear run oer the icy blue sea A G D A Goin up to A las ka G D A Up to the north and the pioneer life G Where courage and strenght still survive F C And a man can be free D Men can be free G D Goin up to A las ka G D Goin up to A las ka G D Goin up to A las ka