Only In America Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][D][Em][D][Em][D][C]
[Em][D][C][G][D][C]
[G][D]
[C]On the bank

[Verse 1]
[G]s of the Mississippi
They build ships [C]too big [G]to fail
In the banks in New York City
They invent [C]new ways [G]to steal
your [D]money and [Em]run
Set [C]the poor against [G]the poor
Send [C]healthy young men
[G]to war and never look [Em]back

[Verse 2]
I [C]don’t pine for the days of [G]old
Segrega[C]tion and our women
can[G]’t vote
Said a Hallelu[C]jah for the
ways we’ve[G]grown
We still [D]got a long way to go
Hey [C]hey hey

[Verse 3]
Only in America
[G]Hey, fields of gold
[C]Only in Amer[G]ica
Hey, blue mountains roll
Only in America
[C]Hey, we feel at hom[D]e
Only in [G]America

[Verse 4]
[D]On [C]the[G] st[D]ree[C]t
[G]s where Kings have marched
In his[C]tory’s long and lonely ar[G]c
We hide our problems in [C]the dark
Un[G]til them bul[C]lets fly [G]and strike
our [D]heroes [Em]down

[Verse 5]
Well I [C]don’t pine for the days of old
[G]Segregatio[C]n and our
women can[G]’t vote
Said a Hallelu[C]jah for the
ways we’ve[G]grown
We still [D]got a long way to go

[Verse 6]
[C]Hey hey hey

[Verse 7]
Only in America
[G]Hey, fields of gold
[C]Only in Amer[G]ica
Hey, blue mountains roll
Only in America
[C]Hey, we feel at hom[D]e
Only in [G]America

[Interlude 1]
[D]
[C][G][D][C]

[Verse 8]
[A]Conman in the highest
office in the land Goddam[G]n
Says make America great again
I [D]know
I thought [A]we were trying
to be the best we ever been
I [G]kneel I stand for what I believe [D]in

[Verse 9]
Can [D]you believe?
Only in [G]Amer[D]ica[C]

[Outro 1]
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