Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Note:
The A augmentedA chords in the chorus have a lead line on BB Bb majorBb A augmentedA three times.
Then the 4th time the lead lines goes up: A augmentedA BB C majorC leading back into the verses.
Oh...and you gotta a get an alto saxophone!
All bar chords
Intro:
D MajorD C majorC FF G+G x4
Verse 1:
D MajorD C majorC
You start your own company
FF G+G
Only in America
D MajorD C majorC
Mixing chemicals a new way
FF G+G
Only in America
D MajorD C majorC
It's good for the economy
FF G+G
Only in America
D MajorD C majorC
Makin' cancer everyday
FF G+G
Only in america
Chorus:
A augmentedA
Then someone can make a buck
A augmentedA
With the cure for your bad luck
A augmentedA
When you're born you start to die
A augmentedA
Don't know from what, and you don't know why
Verse 2:
D MajorD C majorC
So you start your own religious cult
FF G+G
Only in America
D MajorD C majorC
Live on the San Andreas Fault
FF G+G
Only in America
D MajorD C majorC
Eat your own weight in salt
FF G+G
Only in America
D MajorD C majorC
Pick your boogers in your car
FF G+G
Only in America
Chorus:
A augmentedA
Then someone can make a buck
A augmentedA
With the cure for your bad luck
A augmentedA
You buy a couch with food stamps
A augmentedA
Be the woman with Midol cramps
Break:
D MajorD N.C. C majorC N.C. FF G+G
D MajorD N.C. C majorC N.C. FF G+G
{Solo]
D MajorD C majorC FF G+G x4
A augmentedA x4
Verse 3:
D MajorD C majorC
It happens only in the U.S.A.
FF G+G
Only in America
D MajorD C majorC
Only in the U.S.A.
FF G+G
Only in America
D MajorD C majorC
Only in the U.S.A.
FF G+G
Only in America
D MajorD C majorC
Only in the U.S.A.
FF G+G
Ahh ahh
Outro:
D MajorD C majorC FF G+G x2
(let last G+G ring)