[Intro]
A
[Verse]
A Aaug
You can drive across the whole thing
F#m A
in four days if you really wanted
G F#m
leaving custom thank you notes
A D
in all the houses you ever haunted
A Aaug
in this whole solar system
F#m G
we've only met one type of life
A Aaug
it's the living kind of life
Bm D
and it's not one I recognize
[Chorus]
A G F#m A
America, America
A G Bm D
America, America
A G F#m A
America, America
A G E D
America, America
[Verse]
A
I said "excuse me" to the ocean
Aaug
because I thought I had got in its way
F#m
At first I didn't think it heard me
A
but then I saw it wave
A
You can spend every living moment thinking
Aaug
How can I get out alive?
F#m
But is it really then, can you really call it
A
Hey man, just shut up and drive
A
I thought we'd be on the road all night
Aaug
when that ice storm hit in Texas
F#m
and when we pulled into the gas station
G
It was like a frozen oasis
A
Oh, sweet mama,
Aaug
does that neon sign shine for me?
Bm
Is there a street where my name glows
D
all through the night?
[Chorus]
A G
And I've never read (America)
F#m A
No I've never been (America)
A G
I just never went (America)
Bm D
I have never seen (America)
A G
And I've never read (America)
F#m A
No I've never been (America)
A G
I just never went (America)
E D
I just wanna see (America)
[Verse]
A
All my fantasies are faking orgasms
Aaug
They're only in it for the money I made up for them
F#m
I trade in ideas, opinion and artistry
A
And my face is on every dollar
A
This is heaven but heaven is here
Aaug
This is heaven but heaven is hard
Bm
Because your lover is listening to music you don't know
D
And you're tangled up in the headphone wires
A
You know our problems, they don't end
Aaug
Just because we get boy/girlfriends
F#m
Is this your salvation plan?
G
Is this your salvation plan?
A
Oh, there's only one type of love
Aaug
It's the loving kind of love
Bm
But when you're mad at me it's the end of times
D
And I'm mad at you all the other times
[Chorus]
A G
And I've never read (America)
F#m A
No I've never been (America)
A G
I just never went (America)
Bm D
I have never seen (America)
A G
And I've never read (America)
F#m A
No I've never been (America)
A G
I just never went (America)
E D
I just wanna see (America)
[Bridge]
E
Real life's a mess
A
But at least you're not paying rent
D
You've been making it, maybe even breaking even
Bm G
You oughta be content
E
It doesn't make sense
A
You're still sitting on the fence
G
When the yard is yours
F#m
And it was money well spent
[Chorus]
A G
And I've never read (America)
F#m A
No I've never been (America)
A G
I just never went (America)
Bm D
I have never seen (America)
A
America (America)
A
America (America)
A
Democracy (America)
A
Biographies (America)
A G
Civil rights! (America), basically
F#m A
Bright lights! (America) Living in the city
A G
Second prize (America) in a beauty pageant
F#m A
200 dollars, (America) This is life.
