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