Lost In America chords by Jon Langford

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Verse 1
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Columbus fell down on his knees
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So weak from sailing on the seas
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He thought he was in the East Indies
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But he was lost in America
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Lost in America
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On May the 10th, 1869
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They completed the
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Transcontinental Line
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A shiny wine in iron spine
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Hear the whistle blowin'
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At that million dollar bash,
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the bottles popped
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and the champagne splashed
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Until they heard about the crash,
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the sudden disappearance
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Ooh, there's no pie in the sky,
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it's down here where you'll find it
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Cut it into slices,
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wrap it up and find it
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John Henry laid his hammer down
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And headed back to his hometown
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Someone turned the
signpost round
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Someone took the road signs down
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He didn't want to make a scene
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He died in the wreck of the C -19
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Scarlet's attacked by the dream
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Another one lost in America
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There's no pie in the sky,
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it's down here where you'll find it
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Cut it into slices,
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wrap it up and bind it
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And hope no one can find it
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Lost, lost, lost, lost
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Lost in America
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In America
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Oh -oh -oh -oh  -oh
-oh -oh -oh -oh
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Stop!
Columbus fallen on his knees
Weak from sailing on the seas
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He's picked up by security
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Left to watch daytime TV
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Bunny vs. Mr. Freeze
Apple grapes, celebrities
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TV cops with lung disease
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Exposed tobacco companies
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On CBS and ABC
In three part my harmonies
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Have you seen the size of me?
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Leave me in the dark
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I'm a hard and chilly man
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With no more soul to  shine
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I'm a manipulator
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A money raiser are buying
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worse than my body
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Don't be so stubborn and so proud
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I am bloodied and  about
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I have turned the signpost round
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So ask me for directions
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Oh, there's no pie in the sky
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It's down here where you'll find it
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Cut it into slices, wrap it up in vine
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I saw you come into the trap
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Now come and fall into my lap
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So we can smudge and stain this map
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With a little help from the medium
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We'll turn the planes around today
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Make them fly the other way
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Cause we know we are here to stay
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And you know we are
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When you're lost
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In America
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Oh -oh -oh -oh  -oh -oh
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In America
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Oh -oh -oh -oh  -oh -oh
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In America you