Key: E minor
Verse 1
D
Em
it's time to rock
And me head is beatin' like a drum
D
In the cold grey light, ah I feel like shite
Am
Em
night's fun
D
G
"c'mon now boys,
D
Bm
Stick your fingers down your throat
Am
C
and get to work"
Em
D
Bm
Oh Mammy dear, we're all mad
Em
Am
Em
over here Livin' in America
Oh, I knock down walls with
D
Bm
big iron balls
Em
Am
Em
And I mix cement by the ton
With me tongue hangin' out for
D
Bm
a bottle of stout
Em
Am
Em
Sweatin' bullets in the Brooklyn sun
G
D
Then I think of her up on
Bm
Am
C
Did she mean what she said last night
Em
D
Bm
Oh Mammy dear, we're all mad over here...
Em
Am
Em
D
Livin' in America
Bm
Em
Am
Em
On me way downtown,
D
Bm
I think of that clown
Em
A
Am
Em
And the things that he said last night
Did he mean 'em at all or
D
Bm
was it just drink talk
Em
Am
Em
Oh, I must look a terrible sight
G
D
G
Put me makeup on as I watch the sun
Bm
Em
Am
C
rise high over Fordham Road
Em
D
Oh Mammy dear, we're all mad over
Bm
Em
Am
Em
here Livin' in America
Ah, the kids aren't dressed and the
D
Bm
Em
house is a mess
Am
Em
And the yuppies are networkin' again
Kiss their darlin's goodbye - "oh,
D
Bm
we'll be late tonight
Em
Am
Em
But we should be home by eleven"
G
D
G
Oh, me little dears dry up your tears
Am
C
makin' money
D
Bm
Em
Am
Em
we're all mad over here Livin' in America
Em
C
No sick days or benefits and for Christ
sakes don't get hurt
D
The quacks over here won't patch you up unless they see the bucks
D
C
D
upfront Lookin' after babies from crack of dawn 'til dusk
A
C
Is this what I've been educated for
To wipe the arse of every
D
Em
baby in America
D
Bm
Em
Am
Em
D
Bm
Em
Am
Em
G
D
G
Bm
Am
C
Em
D
Bm
Em
Am
Em
Now the day
is done,
D
Bm
take the subway home
Em
Am
Em
Squashed up like some sardine in a a can
In the Blarney Stone,
D
Bm
drink a gallon of foam
Em
Am
Em
'Til I'm feelin' half meself again
D
G
I'll ask her outright
Em
Am
C
Em
nothin' gained....
Bm
Em
Am
we're all mad over here Livin' in America
D
Bm
with the ring in his ear
Em
Am
Em
And the grin on the side of his face With the fag in his mouth,
D
Bm
oh I should watch out
Am
Em
real hard case
D
G
or say "no thanks"
Ah what the hell,
D
Bm
Am
C
nothin' ventured nothin' gained
Em
D
Bm
Em
Am
Em
Oh Mammy dear, we're all mad over here Livin' in Amer
D
Bm
D
Em
D
Em
D
ica
Outro 1
Bm
Em
Am
Em
D
Bm
Em
Am
Em
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