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