Strictly Usa chords by Frank Sinatra
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Verse 1
(G major) Look away, look away,
it's a lovely day today in the U .S .A.
Like (C major) a great big strawberry shortcake,
or a turkey on Thanksgiving Day.
Like the Fourth of July, or Apple (F major) Pie,
it's (E major) strictly U (A major) .S (D major) .A.
Like (G major) a hot dog (C major) covered with mustard, (G major) (C major)
or an amateur hometown (G major) (C major) play. (G major)
(C major) Like a circus parade, or lemon (F major) ade,
it's (E major) straight (A major) to the (D major) U (G major) .S (C major) .A.
Go to a picnic, (F major) go to a (C major) clamping,
(F major) go (G major) to a barn dance,
or (A minor) county fair. (D major)
You'll (D minor) see the happy res (E major) idents, (A major)
raising kid (C major) s to (D major) be the
future presidents.
Take (G major) a (C major) man like Abraham Lincoln.
Take a state like Iowa. (G major)
(C major) Take a sugar -cured ham.
A (F minor) can died (B flat major) yam.
Or (E flat major) take your favorite Un (Adim) cle (A flat major) Sam.
And (G major) shout a big hoo (E minor) ray. (E major) (E flatdim)
(D major) Strictly USA. (A minor) (G major) (C major)
You never can know a country
till you know the folks see them
in their native locales. (B flat major)
(C major) If (F major) you want to see young
acorns growing into oaks,
you gotta see the fellas and gals.
An (G major) d as the sweetest (D major) extra -spe
(D minor) cial bunch (C major) of merchand (D major) ise,
the (E major) All -Amer (G major) ican gal wins the
(C major) prize. (F major) (C major) (A minor) (G major) (C major)
(A flat major) The All -Amer (C sharp major) ican man
is a hunk of man,
he's a handyman in a pinch.
And (G flat major) maybe he can't make
love like a lad can,
still he's quite a guy in a clinch.
(A flat major) The old American fel (G flat major) low
wears the (D flat major) coat of high fin (E flat major) ance,
but the (A flat major) old American girl wears (D flat major) the pants.
(G flat major) (A flat major) (G flat major) (D flat major) (G flat major) (D flat major) (A flat major) (D flat major) (A major) (G major) (C major) (D major) (E major) (A major) Like
a (D major) bell on the little red schoolhouse,
or a boat on election day.
Like a brass picture, or (G major) Daniel Boone,
it's strictly U (E major) .S (D major) .A.
Back east it's hey bud,
down south it's (F sharp major) hi y 'all.
Cow (D major) boys say howdy,
Indians (E major) say how. (E minor)
(G major) No matter where you're (F sharp major) meetin' folks,
(D major) It's (G major) the (A major) real Amer (E minor) ican
way (A major) of (Asus4) greetin' folks.
Take a (D major) gal like Lydia Kingdom,
Take an oyster from Chesapeake Bay, (A major)
(D major) Take our ice cream cones,
or Ca (G major) sey (C major) Jones,
Take (F major) Mr. Tambo and (Bdim) Mr. (B flat major) Bones.
They're (G major) really (A major) here to stay, (D major) (F sharp minor)
cause it's the King, (E major) U .S .A. (D major)
Outro 1
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