Intro AA 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 In this whole solar system F#m G We've only met one type of life A It's the living kind of life Bm D And it's not one I recognizeVerse 1:
A G F#m D America, America A G Bm D America, America A G F#m D America, America A G E D America, AmericaA I said "excuse me" to the ocean A 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 A 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 A 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 A Does that neon sign shine for me? Bm Is there a street where my name glows D All through the night?Verse 2:
A G And I've never read (America) F#m D 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 wrote (America) F#m D No I've never been (America) A G I just never spoke (America) E D I just wanna see (America)A All my fantasies are faking orgasms A 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 A 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 A 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 A 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 timesVerse 3:
A G Have I ever really (Been in love) F#m D I guess I've never really (Been in love) A G Have I ever really (Been in love) Bm D Not in the way I'm thinking(Been in love) A G Have I ever really (Been in love) F#m D I guess I've never really (Been in love) A G Oh, have I ever really (Been in love) E D No,no I've never really (Been in love)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 spentBridge:
A G And I've never read (America) F#m D 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 D Bright lights! (America) living in the city A G Second prize (America) in a beauty pageant F#m D 200 dollars, (America) this is life