Intro
Am G C Em Am G C Em D
[Verse 1]
Am Em G Am D G
Aw it's dark outside
Am Em Am G C D
I've been trying to get a ride
D Am G Am
While my bo - dy waits
G D
My body waits
[Chorus]
C Am
America
G C
Warm my face
Am G C
I've been trying to turn the page
[Verse 2]
Am G Em
Once I was a little boy
Am D G
Staring at my shoes
Am Em
You came along and found
C Am C D
Me in the chicken coop
[Interlude]
C
But time takes over
Am
I can't say when
C
Time takes over
D
May we do it again
[Bridge]
G Am
Take me to the beachhead let's go over
Am
All of those rocks
D
At the end of the road
G
Take me down to main
Am
Street with no clothes on
Em
With our bare feet on the
C G
Painted yellow lines with
Am Em
Our shadows far behind us
C G
Broke into that summer school
Am D
And fooled around on the infirmary cot
C G
And we can be like all those fairies
Am Em
Making their rain angels in the eddies
C G
And I have no expectation
Am C Em Am C Em
Just an adolescent heart
[Verse 3]
D Em Am D Am
Aw it's dark outside
Em Am C
I've been trying to get a ride
Am
While my body waits
G D
My body waits
[Chorus]
C Am Em
America
C
Warm my face
Am Em C
I've been trying to turn the page
[Verse 4]
Am G Em Am
Once I was a little boy
C D Am
Staring at my shoes
G
You came along and found
C Am
Me in the chicken coop
[Interlude]
C
But time takes over
Am
I can't say when
C
Time takes over
D
May we do it again
[Bridge]
G Am
Take me to the beachhead let's go over
Am
All of those rocks
D
At the end of the road
D
Help me down the
G Am
Seawall let's find Marci
Em
See if she got that
C G
Invitation to the movie
G
The one where the
Am Em
Kids break out of juvie
C G
And then by their own admission
Am D
They go and turn themselves all in
C G
Just as they get there to the station
Am
The young one wheels
Em
And begs the pavement
C G
For brother speed to make arrangements
A D
With the spirits of the night
[Verse 5]
G
Take me to the race
Am
Track let's go bet on
C
Aw the one that no
C D
One expects to win now
G
Let's bet on the skinny horse
Am
He will surely try the
Em
Hardest to come in first
C G
I bet you for the winner
Am Em
They put on some kind of fancy dinner
C G
Let's be like those Philadelphia sisters
Am
That have prayed straight
D
For a hundred years
[Tag]
C G
I have no expectation
Am Em
Just to be here in the present
C G
And behold you for a second
Am D
Before it all goes away
[Interlude]
Em
Ah, Ah, Ah, ah, ah, ah,
C
Ah, Ah, Ah, ah, ah, ah,
Em
Ah, Ah, Ah, ah, ah, ah,
Am D
Before it all goes away
Em
Ah, Ah, Ah, ah, ah, ah,
C
Ah, Ah, Ah, ah, ah, ah,
Em Am D
Ah, Ah, Ah, ah, ah, ah------
[Outro]
Em
And those painted yellow lines
C
With our shadows far behind
Em
Broke into that summer school
Am D
And fooled around on the infirmary cot
Em
And we can be like all those fairies
C
Making their rain angels in the eddies
Em
And I have no expectation
Am D
Just an adolescent heart