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