Only In America

	  		E            A              B   A 
Sun coming up over New York City 

E                A              B 
School bus driver in a traffic jam 

  A             B                      E 
Staring at the faces in her rear view mirror 

 A                                      B 
Looking at the promise of the promised land 

 E            A             B      A 
One kid dreams of fame and fortune 

E    A                 B 
One kid helps pay the rent 

A          B                E     B 
One could end up going to prison 

A                       B 
One just might be president 



E A           B 
 Only in America, dreaming in red, white, and blue 

E A           B 
 Only in America, where we dream as big as we want to 

C#m      A          C#m          A 
 We all get a chance, everybody gets to dance 

E A           B 
 Only in America 



 E            A               B   A 
Sun going down on an L.A. freeway 

 E                A              B 
Newlyweds in the back of a limousine 

A           B                  E 
A welder's son and a banker's daughter 

 A                      B 
All they want is everything 

 E            A             B      A 
She came out here to be an actress 

E         A           B 
He was a singer in a band 

C#m             B               E   B 
They just might go back to Oklahoma 

 A                                        B 
And talk about the stars they could have been 



E A           B 
 Only in America, dreaming in red, white, and blue 

E A           B 
 Only in America, where we dream as big as we want to 

C#m      A          C#m          A 
 We all get a chance, everybody gets to dance 

E A           B 
 Only in America