What Made America Famous? - Harry Chapin Chords
Chords: Bb1, G, C, C/B, Am, D, C/G, F, Bb, A
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A 0 2 2 2 0
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N.C.
G C C/B
It was the town that made America famous
G
Six traffic lights, and seven cops
C C C/B
And all the streets kept clean
Am D C G
The supermarket and the drug store and the bars all doin' well
G C C/B
Now they were the folks that made America famous
Am C D G
Our local fire department stocked with short-haired volunteers
G
And on Saturday night, while America boozes
C C C/B
The fire department showed dirty movies
Am C/B Am C/G Am C/G
The lawyer and the grocer seein' their dreams come to life on the movie screen
F D C
While the plumber hopes that he won't be seen, as he tries to hide his fears
G
And he wipes away his tears
Bb A
But somethin's burinin' somewhere
B G
DOES ANYBODY CARE?
G C C/B
We were the kids that made America famous
Am D G
The kind of kids that long since drove our parents to despair
G
We were lazy long-hairs droppin' out
C C C/B
Lost, confused, and coppin' out
Am D
Convinced our futures were in doubt
C G
And tryin' not to care
G C C/B
We lived in the house that made America famous
Am C D G
It was a run-down slum, the shame of all the decent folks in town
G
We're hippies and some welfare cases
C C C/B
Crowded families of cold, black faces
Am C/B Am
Cramped inside some cracked old boards
C/G Am C/G
The best that we all could afford
F D C
But still too fine for the rich landlord to ever tear it down
G
And we could hear the sound
Bb A
Of somethin' burnin' somewhere
B G
IS ANYBODY THERE?
G C C/B
We all lived the life that made America famous
Am D G
Our cops would make a point to shadow us around our town
G C C C/B
And we love children put a swastika on the bright red firehouse door
Am D C G
America, the beautiful, it makes a body proud
G C C/B
And then came the night that made America famous
Am C D G
Was it carelessness or someone's sick idea of a joke?
G C C C/B
In the tinder-box trap we hippies lived in someone struck a spark
Am C/B Am
At first I thought that I was dreamin'
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