Tom: Em
C/G: 332010
D: 550x11
Csus: x335xx
Am: x02210
Em: x2200x
[Intro]
C/G Csus Am
[Verse 1]
C/G D Csus
We were never fans of stock-car races
Csus C/G D Am
Though mesmerized by the roaring of those cars
Am D Csus
Out in the dark the sound echoed off our skin
C/G D C/G D
As we took to rooftop those engines on the wind
[Chorus]
C/G
Where we sang the songs of our fathers
D
Shah-la-la, ooh-la-la-la
Csus
And all the prayers of our mothers
C/G D
Dutiful daughters, dutiful sons
Am Em
Shah-la-la goes the rattle and hum
Csus C/G
From the hearth of a midwestern home
D Am C/G
Shah-la-la: that's the sound of immortal Americans
[Verse 2]
C/G D
When children turn the radio on
Csus
Fists hit the air praising rock and roll gods
C/G D Am
From the soil they are formed, born to grow corn and cut stone
Em Csus C/G
They trade off the verses and they sing twin in the choruses
D
Babes of the Bible Belt
Maybe low-hanging fruit in the forest
[Chorus]
C/G
But they sang the songs of our fathers
D
Shah-la-la, ooh-la-la-la
Csus
And all the prayers of their mothers
C/G D
Dutiful daughters, dutiful sons
Am Em
Shah-la-la goes the rattle and hum
Csus C/G
From the hearth of a midwestern home
D C/G
Shah-la-la: that's the sound of immortal Americans
[Verse 3]
Csus D
My friends turned the radio off
Csus D
Those holy hymns were no longer ours
[Chorus]
C/G
Though we sang the songs of our fathers
N.C.
Shah-la-la, ooh-la-la-la
N.C
And all the prayers of our mothers
N.C.
Dutiful daughters, dutiful sons
Am Em
Shah-la-la goes the rattle and hum
Csus C/G
From the hearth of a midwestern home
D C/G
Shah-la-la: that's the sound of immortal Americans
Immortal Americans
