I Miss America Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Em][D]
[G][D]
[Bm][D]
[Bm][D][Bm][D][Bm]
[D][Bm]

[Verse 1]
By the [D]time I [Bm]was thirteen
[D]I s[Bm]tarte[D]d taking[Bm] shape.[D][Bm]
At [D]eight[Bm]een I was so beautif[D]ul[Bm]
That [D]the strangers [Bm]started t[D]o gape.
[Bm]They said "Enter

[Verse 2]
[D]the ult[Bm]imate contes[D]t
[Bm]If you're as gorge[D]ous
[Bm]as you s[D]eem."
[Bm]They said [D]"Please, pleas[F#m]e, pleas[G]e[A]
[Bm]Be our American dream."
[D]But

[Verse 3]
[Em]late that night be[G]neath
the grieving [Em]moon
There's a [A]dazzling sight in my [C]motel room
For a [Bm]grunting judge with his [Bbaug]bulging eyes
I [A]give my [D]all for his cher
[Abdim]ished prize.

[Verse 4]
Oh why, oh [G]why?[D][Em][D][A]
I'm Miss [D]America[A]
Crying on [D]TV
[G]Silver clad in sat[F#m]in rags,
But [Bm]everything's where it should be
[Em]Oh s[A]ay can you s[G]ee,
[Em]ah s[A]ay can you s[D]ee.
[Bm]After

[Verse 5]
[D]the[Bm]y[D][Bm][D][Bm][D]
showed [Bm]me the game b[D]all[Bm]
[D]They told me put[Bm] on weig[D]ht.[Bm]
[D]They told me I'd[Bm] be powe[D]rful[Bm]
They [D]told [Bm]me I'd be gr[D]eat.
[Bm]And my

[Verse 6]
[D]Uncle [Bm]Sam he would c[D]oach m[Bm]e
His [D]hel[Bm]met on [D]my head
And [Bm]they said [D]"Please,
[F#m]please [G]please, [A]please
[Bm]Please win and beat the [D]spread."

[Verse 7]
But the [Em]new game plan that the
owners had made
Meant that [A]win or lose
there would [C]be a trade.
For the [Bm]team's become a [F#]real gold mine
And the [A]kid's sold [D]off for the
[Abdim]bottom line.

[Verse 8]
Oh why, oh [G]why?[Em][D][A][Bm][A]
Mr. [D]America
[A]Sweating on TV[D][G]
The winner's joy [F#m]from the battered boy
For [Bm]everything's where it [Em]should be
Oh [A]say can you [G]see,
[Em]ah say c[A]an you see.

[Interlude 1]
[D][Bm][D][Bm][D]

[Verse 9]
At last we've come [Bm]together[D]
Call it marriage or civil [Bm]war.
If [D]it brings us to [Bm]battle, babe
It [D]must be worth our [Bm]fighting for.

[Verse 10]
Though [D]today came up [Bm]cloudy
There [D]will be other [Bm]days.
"Ah, [D]please, [F#m]please, [G]please,
[A]please[Bm]
What else is there to [D]say?"[Bm][D]

[Verse 11]
But in [Em]plywood spread
By a plastic stream
And in separ[A]ate beds with
a [C]borrowed dream
And with [G]questions [Bm]wide
and the [F#]silence deep
[Bbaug]We take two [D]pills so
at [Abdim]last we'll sleep.

[Verse 12]
Oh why, [G]oh why?[Em][D][A][Em]
[A]Mr. and Mrs. Ame[D]rica
[A]Our story's on TV[D][G]
Can you hear canned [F#m]laughter
For [Bm]everything's where it [Em]should be
Oh [A]say can you [G]see,
ah [A]say can you see.
[D][Bm][D][Bm][D][Bm]

[Verse 13]
[D]Wel[Bm]l, my lit[D]tle boy[Bm] he
[D]told me [Bm]something[D]
Just [Bm]the other n[D]ight.[Bm]
[D]He whispered it [Bm]as I kis[D]sed him
[Bm]Before I turne[D]d out [Bm]the light[D].
[Bm]And of course

[Verse 14]
[D]he sai[Bm]d it simple[D][Bm]
As [D]only [Bm]children [D]can
He [Bm]said [D]"Daddy, daddy,
[F#m]daddy, [G]ple[A]ase
I'm ready [D]to dream again."

[Outro 1]
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