Mr. America chords by Nat Stuckey

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Intro 1

Verse 1
G 
Keep off the grass,
Em 
G 
C 
quiet please, no left turn, a one -way street
Dsus4 
Sixty miles an hour, now fifteen,
G 
Dsus4 
D 
it's the school   zone
G 
Em 
Punch that clock, don't be late,
G 
C 
get in line, hurry up and wait
Dsus4 
Here comes hard luck Joe,
G 
a -walkin' alone
C 
Just another day in the
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D 
G 
life     of Mr. America
Em 
Forget about what you wanted to be
G 
Conform to this old so
C 
Dsus4 
ciety
G 
Individualism is a thing of
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D 
yester      day
G 
Your work's not done,
Em 
you did your best
G 
But you didn't have time,
C 
you need a  rest
Dsus4 
Vacation     time is still
G 
three months away
C 
Just another day
Dsus4 
D 
in the life     of Mr.
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E 
A 
America
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The wife is sweet, she's never gone
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D 
All she wants is a bigger
E 
home and a new car
Like the Joneses bought
A 
E 
before they moved away
A 
F#m 
The kids are nice, all they ask
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D 
is their own telephone and TV set
E 
Life says it'll help keep
A 
them out of the way
D 
That's the way it goes
E 
A 
in the life of Mr. America
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Pay your taxes, you better not cheat
A 
D 
Them new computers are hard to beat
E 
Don't forget that premium
A 
on your insurance is due
E 
A 
Sometimes you wonder
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how you're still alive
A 
D 
But you gotta hold out till you're 65
E 
So you can let Uncle Sam
A 
take care of you
D 
That's the way it goes
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A 
in the life of Mr. America
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G 
C 
That's the way it goes
Dsus4 
G 
in the life     of Mr. America.