Standard Tuning
Capo 2
Intro : G Cadd9 x2
Verse 1:
G Cadd9
Got a one-way ticket down a two way street
G Cadd9
Got the wind in my hair and there's dust on my feet
Em7
I'm just trying
C
To make it in America
G
Verse 2:
(G) Cadd9
Only thing to my name is an old t-shirt
G Cadd9
Faded nine-teen eighty-five from a Stones concert
Em7
And I'm dying
C
To make it in America
G
Pre-Chorus: (? doesn't really sound like one)
G Cadd9
And I'm singing the words to my favourite song
G Cadd9
With the rag-top down and my glasses on
Em7
and I'm driving
C
Straight through America
D
Chorus:
(no D) G
I wanna taste the sun
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C
'Cause baby, I'm born to run
Em D
I've gotta feeling that I'm not the only one
G C
I, I wanna show some skin
Em7
'Cause baby, I need the ocean
Am7 G
You can't stop me now I've got my heart in motion
C
I, wanna make it in america
D (ring out)
make it in america
~Repeat intro only once~
Repeat verse chords to these lyrics
I can see my star sunset and vine
Gonna carve my name in the Hollywood sign
Yeah I gotta, gotta make it in America
See me wearing a smile even if I'm broke
I'll be singing the words from a song i wrote
And I called it, Make it in America
~Chorus~
Middle 8:
Em7 C
I can feel the sweat dripping down my face
Em7 C
I can hear my heart as it starts to race
Am7 C
Yeah some-times this world's such a lonely place
D
If I just push on I know that
~Chorus~
