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