E
Well I don’t know about inflation
      A           B
Who makes what inflate
      E
Each new taste sensation
    A                 B
I don’t know why it rates
           C#m
And though in my imagination
    G#m            A
I’m sure of how I feel
     F#m
My present hesitation
   C#m              B
Is I’m afraid it’s real


    E                     G#m
Sometimes these days it’s hard to choose
     A                B
The one right road to go
    C#m          G#m             B
But this then is all I’m sure I know


        A                 B
I know when a child is hurting\
            E    E/D#    C#m     C#m/B
That the silence can be wrong
   A                              B
I know that when old folks are helpless
    E        E/D#  C#m     C#m/B
I can’t just pass along
       A                    B
And I know when someone’s hungry
    E        E/D#      C#m     C#m/B
I can’t just sing this song
           F#m             B
And when I hear somebody crying
  F#m                B                C#m    C#m/B
I can’t just wonder who that it could be
       F#m                   B
Well I hear somebody crying now
       F#m                 B       E
And it sure sounds like America to me


    E
Insecurity can beat me darling
        A                      B
But sometimes that’s where I’m at
      E
So I hope that you can keep me darling
             A                   B
So that at least I can count on that
        C#m
You see some things stir me deeply
         G#m               A
Though I try to hide from pain
    F#m
But wide awake or sleeping
        C#m            B
Some questions still remain


    E                     G#m
Sometimes these days it’s hard to choose
     A                B
The one right road to go
    C#m          G#m             B
But this then is all I’m sure I know
        A                 B
I know when a child is hurting
            E    E/D#    C#m     C#m/B
That the silence can be wrong
   A                              B
I know that when old folks are helpless
    E        E/D#  C#m     C#m/B
I can’t just pass along
       A                    B
And I know when someone’s hungry
    E        E/D#      C#m     C#m/B
I can’t just sing this song
           F#m             B
And when I hear somebody crying
  F#m                B                C#m    C#m/B
I can’t just wonder who that it could be
       F#m                   B
Well I hear somebody crying now
       F#m                 B       E
And it sure sounds like America to me


    E
Sometimes a simple question
          A               B
Is much better than the truth
    E
Sometimes we need our experience
    A                   B
Sometimes we need our youth
   C#m
Sometimes the signs pouring out to us
     G#m               A
That we have lost our way
   F#m
Sometimes the times are times that look
    C#m             B
An awful lot like today


    E                     G#m
Sometimes these days it’s hard to choose
     A                B
The one right road to go
    C#m          G#m             B
But this then is all I’m sure I know
        A                 B
I know when a child is hurting
            E    E/D#    C#m     C#m/B
That the silence can be wrong
   A                              B
I know that when old folks are helpless
    E        E/D#  C#m     C#m/B
I can’t just pass along
       A                    B
And I know when someone’s hungry
    E        E/D#      C#m     C#m/B
I can’t just sing this song
           F#m             B
And when I hear somebody crying
  F#m                B                C#m    C#m/B
I can’t just wonder who that it could be
       F#m                   B
Well I hear somebody crying now
       F#m                 B       E
And it sure sounds like America to me