I Miss America

I Miss America easy guitar chords by Harry Chapin

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  • Em

  • D

  • G

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  • F#m

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  • A

  • C

  • Bbaug

  • Abdim

    6
  • F#

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  • Intro 1





    Verse 1
    By 
    the 
    time 
    was 
    thirteen 

    star
    ted 
    taking 
    shape. 

    At 
    eight
    een 
    was 
    so 
    beauti
    ful 

    That 
    the strangers 
    star
    ted 
    to gape. 

    They said 
    "Enter 
    Verse 2
    the 
    ultimate 
    con
    test 

    If 
    you're 
    as 
    gorgeous 

    as 
    you 
    seem." 

    They 
    said 
    "Please, 
    please, 
    please 

    Be 
    our 
    American 
    dream." 

    But 
    Verse 3
    late 
    that 
    night 
    be
    neath 

    the grieving 
    moon 

    There's 
    dazzling 
    sight 
    in 
    my 
    motel 
    room 

    For 
    grunting 
    judge 
    with his 
    bulging 
    eyes 

    give 
    my 
    all 
    for 
    his 
    cher

    ished 
    prize. 

    Verse 4
    Oh why, oh 
    why? 

    I'm 
    Miss 
    America 

    Crying 
    on 
    TV 

    Silver 
    clad 
    in 
    satin 
    rags, 

    But 
    everything's 
    where 
    it 
    should 
    be 

    Oh 
    say 
    can 
    you 
    see, 

    ah 
    say 
    can 
    you 
    see. 

    After 
    Verse 5
    they 

    showed 
    me 
    the 
    game 
    ball 

    They told 
    me 
    put 
    on 
    weight. 

    They 
    told 
    me 
    I'd 
    be 
    power
    ful 

    They 
    told 
    me 
    I'd 
    be 
    great. 

    And 
    my 
    Verse 6
    Uncle 
    Sam 
    he 
    would 
    coach 
    me 

    His 
    hel
    met 
    on 
    my head 

    And 
    they 
    said 
    "Please, 

    please 
    please, 
    please 

    Please 
    win 
    and 
    beat 
    the 
    spread." 

    Verse 7
    But the 
    new 
    game 
    plan 
    that the 

    owners 
    had 
    made 

    Meant 
    that 
    win 
    or 
    lose 

    there would 
    be 
    trade. 

    For 
    the 
    team's 
    become 
    real 
    gold 
    mine 

    And 
    the 
    kid's 
    sold 
    off 
    for the 

    bottom 
    line. 

    Verse 8
    Oh why, oh 
    why? 

    Mr. 
    Amer
    ica 

    Sweating 
    on 
    TV 

    The winner's 
    joy 
    from 
    the battered 
    boy 

    For 
    everything's 
    where 
    it 
    should 
    be 

    Oh 
    say 
    can 
    you 
    see, 

    ah 
    say 
    can 
    you 
    see. 

    Interlude 1

    Verse 9
    At 
    last 
    we've 
    come 
    together 

    Call 
    it 
    marriage 
    or civil 
    war. 

    If 
    it 
    brings 
    us 
    to 
    battle, 
    babe 

    It 
    must 
    be 
    worth 
    our 
    fighting 
    for. 

    Verse 10
    Though 
    today 
    came 
    up 
    cloudy 

    There 
    will 
    be 
    other 
    days. 

    "Ah, 
    please, 
    please, 
    please, 

    please 

    What else 
    is 
    there 
    to 
    say?" 

    Verse 11
    But 
    in 
    plywood 
    spread 

    By a 
    plastic 
    stream 

    And in 
    separ
    ate 
    beds 
    with 

    borrowed 
    dream 

    And 
    with 
    questions 
    wide 

    and the 
    silence 
    deep 

    We 
    take 
    two 
    pills 
    so 

    at 
    last 
    we'll 
    sleep. 

    Verse 12
    Oh 
    why, 
    oh why? 

    Mr. 
    and 
    Mrs. 
    America 

    Our 
    story's 
    on 
    TV 

    Can 
    you 
    hear 
    canned 
    laughter 

    For 
    everything's 
    where 
    it 
    should 
    be 

    Oh 
    say 
    can 
    you 
    see, 

    ah 
    say 
    can 
    you 
    see. 


    Verse 13
    Well, 
    my 
    little 
    boy 
    he 

    told 
    me 
    something 

    Just 
    the 
    other 
    night. 

    He 
    whispered 
    it 
    as 
    I kissed 
    him 

    Before 
    turned 
    out 
    the 
    light. 

    And 
    of course 
    Verse 14
    he 
    said 
    it 
    sim
    ple 

    As 
    only 
    children 
    can

    He 
    said 
    "Daddy, 
    daddy, 

    daddy, 
    please 

    I'm 
    ready 
    to dream 
    again." 

    Outro 1




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