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