Throughout the song, play the two bass notes of the chords Bm, D, and
opens up and then I don't use the bar chords.
I dreamed I was dying in Texas
I closed my eyes and I signed
Like a black and white movie I saw my days
Playing out before my eyes
I was crippled by a life of injustice
I was bent from walking through the wind
I plead guilty on a day of judgement
God just shook my hand and grinned
And he said, come on in,
You did the best that you could do
There's a little bit of right in every wrong
There's a little bit of me in you
Sister I know that you're weary
You've been slaving in the sun all day
The burn of life in your belly
Sorrow in your heart of clay
Your husband was a man of passion
Passion stole your husband away
And your son gave a life for your freedom
But you feel like a prisoner anyway. Sister
I left my home and my family
With my shoes in the dust of this land
I found a job and a woman
But nothing went the way I planned
I was ambushed by my own good intentions
Used up every dollar I earned
So I went back to the home of my father
And said, "your American son has returned"
"Dad, your American son has returned" and he said
chorus