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All The Way From America

Joan Armatrading

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Subject: a/armatrading_joan/all_the_way_from_america.crd
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 1997 11:55:36 -0700
From: Lisa Skerritt 

All The Way From America
Joan Armatrading
From: "Me, Myself, I" 1980
Transcribed by Lisa Skerritt = lskerrit@direct.ca

This is how i hear it.....

Chords:
E		=  022100
Aadd9/E 	=  077600
Badd11		=  799800

Intro:
E        Aadd9/E        E
Aadd9/E   E    Aadd9/E   E    Aadd9/E   E    Aadd9/E
E    Aadd9/E   E    Aadd9/E   E    Aadd9/E   E    Aadd9/E
Badd11   Aadd9/E  E
Badd11   Aadd9/E  E


E					Aadd9/E
You called all the way from America

			   E
Said "Hang onto love girl"

	  Aadd9/E 				 Badd11
But the weeks and the months and the years

E		Aadd9/E
Passed by...

			   E
And my eyes couldn't stand the strain

   Aadd9/E 	     Badd11
Of that promised love

E			Aadd9/E		E		Aadd9/E
All the way from America

E			Aadd9/E		E		Aadd9/E
All the way from America

	     E			Aadd9/E
You called all the way from America

				E
Said I'll soon be home girl

    Aadd9/E 			  Badd11
And years and the tears and the fears,

E		Aadd9/E
Passed by...

			    E
And my heart couldn't stand the pain

   Aadd9/E 	     Badd11
of that promised love

E			Aadd9/E 		E		Aadd9/E
All the way from America

E			Aadd9/E 		E		Aadd9/E
All the way from America

	   E			 Aadd9/E
I stayed all alone and I waited round

				E
For you to knock at my door

        Aadd9/E
But the knock never came

	 Badd11
and no ring

E	   Aadd9/E
At all....

			E
And now I sit and wonder why

    Aadd9/E 	  Badd11
You made that first call

E			Aadd9/E
All the way way from America

		    	   Badd11
I don't believe I'll stay here

E			 	Aadd9/E 	Badd11
I don't think I want to wait here anymore

Aadd9/E 			Badd11
And if you search for me baby

E			     Aadd9/E 	  Badd11
Better bring some more love than you declared

E			Aadd9/E 		E	Badd11	Aadd9/E
All the way from America

E			Aadd9/E 		E		Aadd9/E
All the way from America

Aadd9/E   E    Aadd9/E    E    Aadd9/E


			    E
And my heart couldn't stand the pain

   Aadd9/E 	     Badd11
of that promised love


E			Aadd9/E 		E	Badd11	Aadd9/E
All the way from America

E			Aadd9/E 		E		Aadd9/E
All the way from America

E			Aadd9/E 		E		Aadd9/E
All the way from America

E    Aadd9/E   E    Aadd9/E   Badd11   E
[pause]
E   Aadd9/E    E   Aadd9/E   E   Aadd9/E   [fade]

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Transcribed by Lisa Skerritt = lskerrit@direct.ca
All comments welcomed.
Thanx to Simon for the lyrics, and thanx to Mike, Micah, David, Kevin,
James, John and Chris for helping me ID the chords.