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