G G/F# Em C D X2

[Verse 1]
G
G/F# Em      C     D    G
I'm  in the loony bin
G    G/F# Em         C     D            G
The dead fish, the air-conditioning
G  G/F#   Em         C           D       G
I got a ticket for your grande finale
G G/F# Em     C     D            G
Its 130 in Death Valley

G     G/F# Em        C     D            G
I've been lost and double-crossed
G  G/F# Em        C               D            G
Chased down and stabbed in the bloody frost
G     G/F#  Em            C       D            G
I'm a lost child on your evening news
G   G/F#  Em          C       D             G
You're a queen in a castle of sugar cubes

[Chorus]
G  D  G  C
America!
G  D  Em
America!

[Verse 2]
G G/F# Em       C       D            G
I've seen your guillotine
G G/F#  Em     C       D            G
A fat boy adrift in a limousine
G      G/F#  Em         C       D        G
Through the land of the lost Cherokee
G  G/F#  Em        C       D            G
Down the rivers of red majesty
G   G/F#  Em         C          D       G
And I've seen your pastures of green
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The crack whores, the wars on the silver screen
G G/F#  Em            C      D            G
Hiroshima and the lynching tree
G G/F#  Em        C             D       G
Its a wonder my eyes still can see

[Chorus]
G  D  G  C
America!
G  D  Em
America!
            Cm
You give me nightmares

[Bridge]
Em       C         G        D
Did you kill your son Joe Hill?
Em        C         G                  D
The night nurse, she read me his final will
Em         C              G                 D
I thought of running off, but where would I go?
Em         C         G        D
I wouldn't make it beyond Buffalo

[Verse 3]
G G/F# Em      C       D     G
I'd miss your cowgirl kiss
G  G/F#  Em         C           D      G
The red fangs, the lips, the avarice
G          G/F#  Em          C         D       G
Its getting high time for your grande finale
G G/F#  Em  C       D       G
Its 130 in Death Valley

[Chorus]
G  D  G   C
America!
G  D  Em
America!
            Cm         D
You give me dreams to dream
  Cm       D           G
Popcorn memories and love