What Made America Famous

What Made America Famous easy guitar chords by Harry Chapin

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  • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    It 
    was the 
    town 
    that 
    made 

    America 
    famous 

    The 
    churches 
    full 
    and the 
    Verse 2

    kids 
    all 
    gone 
    to hell 

    Verse 3
    Six 
    traffic 
    lights 
    and 
    seven 
    cops 

    and all 
    the 
    streets 
    kept 
    clean 

    The 
    supermarket 
    and 
    the drug 
    Verse 4
    store 

    and the 
    bars 
    all 
    doing 
    well 

    Verse 5
    Now 
    they were 
    the folks 
    that 

    made 
    America 
    famous 

    Our 
    Verse 6
    local 
    fire 
    depart
    ment 
    stocked 

    with short 
    haired 
    volunteers 

    Verse 7
    And on 
    Saturday 
    night 
    while 
    America 

    boozes the 
    fire 

    Department 
    showed 
    dirty 
    movies, 
    the 
    Verse 8

    lawyer 
    and 
    the grocer 

    Seeing 
    their dream
    Verse 9
    come 

    to life 
    on the 
    movie 
    screens 

    While 
    the 
    Verse 10
    plumber 
    hopes 

    that 
    he won't 
    be seen 

    Verse 11
    As 
    he 
    tries 
    to hide 
    his fears 
    and 
    he wipes 

    away 
    his 
    tears 

    But somethings 
    burning 
    somewhere 

    Does 
    anybody 
    care? 

    Verse 12
    We were 
    the kids 
    that 
    made 
    America 
    famous 

    The 
    Verse 13
    kind 
    of kids 
    that long 
    since 
    drove 

    our 
    parents 
    to despair 

    Verse 14
    We were 
    lazy 
    long 
    hairs 
    dropping 
    our, 

    lost 
    confused, 
    and 
    copping 
    out 

    Verse 15
    Con
    vinced 
    our 
    futures 
    were 

    in doubt 
    and 
    trying 
    not 
    to 
    care 

    Verse 16
    We 
    lived 
    in the house 

    that made 
    America 
    famous 

    It was 
    rundown 
    slum, 
    the 
    Verse 17

    shame 
    of all 
    the 
    decent 

    Verse 18
    Folks 
    in town, 
    we 
    hippies and 

    some welfare 
    cases 

    Crowded 
    families 
    of coal 
    Verse 19
    black 
    faces, 

    cramped 
    inside 

    Verse 20
    Some 
    cracked 
    old board
    s, 

    the 
    best 
    that we 
    all 
    could afford 

    But still 
    to 
    nice 
    for 
    Verse 21
    the rich 

    landlord 
    to 
    tear 
    it down 

    And we could 
    hear 
    the 
    sound 
    Verse 22
    of 

    something 
    burning 
    somewhere 

    Is 
    anybody 
    Verse 23
    there? 

    Verse 24
    We all 
    lived 
    the life 
    that made 

    America 
    famous 

    Our 
    Verse 25
    cops 
    would make 
    a point 
    to 
    shadow 

    us 
    around 
    our 
    town 

    Verse 26
    And we love 
    children 
    put a 
    Swastika 
    on 

    the 
    bright 
    red 
    firehouse 
    door 

    Verse 27
    America, 
    the 
    beautiful, 

    it 
    makes 
    a body 
    proud 

    Verse 28

    And 
    then 
    came the 
    night 
    that 

    made 
    America 
    fam
    ous 

    Verse 29
    Was it 
    carelessness 
    or 
    someone's 

    sick 
    idea 
    of a joke 

    Verse 30
    In the 
    tinder 
    box 
    trap 
    that we 

    Verse 31
    hippies lived 
    in 

    Someone 
    struck 
    a spark 
    at 
    first 

    I thought 
    that 
    I was 
    dream
    ing 

    Verse 32
    Then 
    I saw 
    the first 
    flames 

    gleaming 
    and 
    heard 

    Verse 33
    The sound 
    of children 
    screaming 

    coming 
    through 
    the 
    smoke 

    And 
    somethings 
    burning 
    Verse 34
    somewhere 

    Does 
    any
    body 
    Verse 35
    care? 

    Verse 36
    Oh 
    it 
    was the fire 
    that 
    made 
    America 
    famous, 

    the 
    sirens 
    wailed 

    And the 
    firemen 
    stumbled 
    Verse 37
    sleepy 
    from 

    Verse 38
    their homes 
    and the 

    Plumber yelled, 
    ?Come 
    on 
    let's 
    go?, 

    but they saw 
    what was 
    burning 

    And said, 
    ?Take 
    it 
    slow, 
    let 'em 
    Verse 39
    sweat 
    a little, 

    they'll 
    never 
    know? 

    Verse 40
    And be
    sides, 
    we just 
    cleaned 
    the chrome, 

    said the plumb
    er 

    ?Then 
    I'm going 
    alone? 

    Verse 41

    Well 
    he rolled 
    on 
    up 
    in the 
    fire 

    truck 
    and 
    raised 
    the 

    Verse 42
    Ladder 
    to the 
    ledge 
    where 
    me 

    and my girl 
    and 
    couple 
    of kids 

    Were 
    clinging 
    like 
    bats 
    to the 
    Verse 43
    edge, 

    we 
    staggered 
    to 
    salvation 

    Verse 44
    Collapsed 
    on the 
    street 
    and I never 

    thought 
    that 
    a fat 
    man's 
    face 

    Verse 45
    Would 
    ever 
    look 
    so 
    sweet 

    Verse 46

    shook his 
    hand 
    in the scene 

    that 
    made 
    America 
    famous 

    And a smile 
    from 
    the heart 
    that 
    Verse 47

    made 
    America 
    great 

    Verse 48
    We spent the 
    rest 
    of that 
    night 
    in the 

    home 
    of a man 

    I'd never 
    known 
    before 
    Verse 49
    it's funny 

    when 
    you 
    get 
    that close 

    It's 
    kind 
    of 
    hard 
    to 
    Verse 50
    hate 

    Verse 51
    went to 
    sleep 
    with the 
    hope 

    that 
    made 
    America 
    famous 

    had the 
    Verse 52
    kind 
    of a 
    dream 
    that 

    maybe 
    they're 
    still 

    Verse 53
    Trying 
    to 
    teach 
    in school 
    of the America 

    that 
    made 
    America 
    famous 

    And 
    of the 
    Verse 54
    people 
    who 
    just 
    might 

    understand 
    that 
    how 
    together 

    Yes 
    we can 
    cre
    Verse 55
    ate 
    country 

    Verse 56
    better 
    than 
    the 
    one 

    We 
    have 
    made 
    of 
    this 
    land, 

    we 
    have 
    choice 
    to 
    make 

    Each 
    man 
    who 
    Verse 57
    dares 
    to 
    dream 

    reaching 
    out 
    his 
    hand 

    Verse 58
    A prophet 
    or 
    just 
    crazy 
    god 

    damn 
    dreamer 
    of 
    fool 

    Verse 59

    Yes 
    crazy 
    fool 

    Verse 60
    And 
    something 
    burning 
    somewhere 

    Verse 61

    Does 
    anybody 
    care? 
    Is 

    anybody 
    there? 

    Verse 62
    Is anybody 
    there? 

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