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Asus: 002230

Intro: (D)(G)(Em)(Asus)(A)

Oh I (D)fell in love like they do in the (G)magazines
On a (Em)football field  . . . it was a (A)long daydream
All my (D)high school spent in faithful (G)disbelief
I (Em)know that he looks dumb but he's (A)smart underneath (Asus2)(A)

They say I'm a (Bm)bright kid, and I have a (G)future
With the (Em)puritan blessing of (A)work to be done
But to (Bm)see him cradling that beer is all that I'm (Em)seeing (A)

But then come (D)college days
And now I'm (G)driving home
With my (Em)list of books to read
And that (A)self-important tone
And my (D)parents . . . I read them (G)like the news
I (Em)know where they went wrong
And they're not (A)friends I would choose (Asus2)(A)

And there's a (Bm)sunset over the (G)mountains
I (Em)shout my scorn to the (A)splendorous sky
For (Bm)how does this light compare to all the world's (Em)suffering (A)(Asus2)(A)

But now it's a (D)working day
I've lain my (G)gloves to rest
And now I'm (Em)hanging over the sink with a (A)pregnancy test
You can re(D)lax babe, results are (G)negative
Oh but (Em)how I thought of kids and who they'd (A)be
About where we'd live

And I (Bm)saw them climbing up (G)Breakneck Ridge
They found the (Em)neighbor's woods for to (A)make them their own
And I'll (Bm)see them dancing across the lawns of my (G)homeland

(A)We found the town in Sixteen-(G)Forty-(D)One
For to (A)farm and to pray and Metro (G)North to run
We took the (Em)fields, the marsh and the moon and the sun
(D)We got to work before the (G)day was done
Oh (Em)ay-yay, ay-(A)ay-yay

And I'll (Bm)see them dancing across the lawns of my (Em)homeland (Asus)(A)
I (D)am an Am(G)erican
From the (Em)4th grade turkey pageant to the (A)protest march I stand
Oh I (D)am an Am(G)erican
I (Em)know there's blood on the pavement and we (A)turn the fields to sand (Asus2)(A)
 
Hey I know where I (Bm)come from
But I have a (G)question
Shall (Em)We the People (A)never come home
For (Bm)after all that we've been
Are the dreams to come (G)after?