I Miss America chords by
Harry Chapin

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Key: D major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1

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By the time I was thirteen

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I started taking shape.

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At eighteen I was so beautiful

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That the strangers started to gape.

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They said "Enter

Verse 2

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the ultimate contest

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If you're as gorgeous

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as you seem."

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F#m

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They said "Please, please, please

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Be our American dream."

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But

Verse 3

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late that night beneath

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the grieving moon

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There's a dazzling sight in my motel room

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Bbaug

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For a grunting judge with his bulging eyes

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I give my all for his cher

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ished prize.

Verse 4

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Oh why, oh why?

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I'm Miss America

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Crying on TV

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F#m

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Silver clad in satin rags,

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But everything's where it should be

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Oh say can you see,

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ah say can you see.

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After

Verse 5

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they

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showed me the game ball

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They told me put on weight.

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They told me I'd be powerful

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They told me I'd be great.

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And my

Verse 6

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Uncle Sam he would coach me

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His helmet on my head

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And they said "Please,

F#m

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please please, please

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Please win and beat the spread."

Verse 7

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But the new game plan that the

owners had made

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Meant that win or lose

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there would be a trade.

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For the team's become a real gold mine

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And the kid's sold off for the

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bottom line.

Verse 8

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Oh why, oh why?

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Mr. America

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Sweating on TV

F#m

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The winner's joy from the battered boy

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For everything's where it should be

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Oh say can you see,

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ah say can you see.

Interlude 1

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Verse 9

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At last we've come together

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Call it marriage or civil war.

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If it brings us to battle, babe

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It must be worth our fighting for.

Verse 10

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Though today came up cloudy

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There will be other days.

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F#m

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"Ah, please, please, please,

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please

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What else is there to say?"

Verse 11

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But in plywood spread

By a plastic stream

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And in separate beds with

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a borrowed dream

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And with questions wide

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and the silence deep

Bbaug

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We take two pills so

Abdim

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at last we'll sleep.

Verse 12

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Oh why, oh why?

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Mr. and Mrs. America

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Our story's on TV

F#m

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Can you hear canned laughter

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For everything's where it should be

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Oh say can you see,

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ah say can you see.

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Verse 13

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Well, my little boy he

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told me something

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Just the other night.

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He whispered it as I kissed him

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Before I turned out the light.

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And of course

Verse 14

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he said it simple

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As only children can

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He said "Daddy, daddy,

F#m

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daddy, please

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I'm ready to dream again."

Outro 1

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ChordsEm D G Bm F#m...

Em
D
G
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F#m
A
C
Bbaug
Abdim
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Em
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F#m
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Bbaug
Abdim
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