Tuning: Standard EADGBe



Key: D



Chords used:

D -    xx0232

D/F# - 2x023x

G -    320033

Em -   022000

A -    x02220

Bm -   x24432

Bb -   x13331





Intro: D--D/F#-G-D--D/F#-G-D--D/F#-G Em--G (x2)



Guitar 2:

e|------------------------5-3-2h3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|

B|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----2h3---------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|

G|------------------2-------------|---------------------------------|

D|--------------------------------|---------------------------------| (x2)

A|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|

E|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|

                x3





Verse 1:

D                      Bm                        G

  Is this how it was intended? The sunrise over smoke stacks in the Midwest,

    A

the beauty of this abandoned factory.

D           Bb              Bm             D

  Christmas lights blinking on and off all out of time

        G                A                             Bb

in what used to be, your pink house dreams of a middle class





Refrain 1:

 Bm          D        G           Bm

America, I'm trying to believe in you,

              D              G                                    Em

but all these satellites and shattered dreams are blocking out my view.

                A   G              Em           A    

                 Bb

Please don't forget who you really are, because nothing really matters when we're gone





(Repeat Intro once)





Verse 2:

D                            Bm

  Fell in love with his keno waitress

                    G                  A

They honeymooned in Memphis; they were married by the drive up window.

D         Bb          Bm            D            G

  Trailer parks, neon signs, and an empty box of Lucky Strikes:

A                            Bb

all used up on the dashboard of





Refrain 2:

 Bm          D      G             Bm

America, I'm trying to believe in you

           D                 G                             Em

this world sold its fate for parking lots and drunk sincerity

                A                  Em           A             

        Bb

Please don't forget who you really are, because nothing really matters when we're -





Bridge:

Bm          D                    G

  You'll be saddened to know the train tracks you once walked as a

Bm       D        G

young boy are now nothing but a graveyard

Em                A       G               Em         

 A                      Bb

  Please don't forget how small we really are, because nothing really matters when we're gone.





Interlude: Bm-D-G, Bm

(Do Refrain chords)





Outro:

Bm    D        G

  I'm trying to believe in you (x4)



End on Em