Only in America Brooks & Dunn
ONLY IN AMERICA (Kix Brooks / Don Cook / Ronnie Rogers)
performed by Brooks and Dunn on STEERS AND STRIPES (2001)
INTRO
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S[E]un coming up [A]over New York C[B]ity[A]
[E]School bus driver[A] in a traffic j[B]am
St[A]aring at the f[B]aces in her rear view m[E]irror
L[A]ooking at the promise of the promised l[B]and
O[E]ne kid dreams[A] of fame and f[B]ortune[A]
[E]One k[A]id helps pay the r[B]ent
[A]One could e[B]nd up going to pr[E]ison[B]
[A]One just might be presid[B]ent
[E] O[A]nly in Ameri[B]ca, dreaming in red, white, and blue
[E] O[A]nly in Ameri[B]ca, where we dream as big as we want to
[C#m] We all g[A]et a chance[C#m], everybody g[A]ets to dance
[E] O[A]nly in Ameri[B]ca
S[E]un going down[A] on an L.A. free[B]way[A]
N[E]ewlyweds in the b[A]ack of a limous[B]ine
[A]A welder's s[B]on and a banker's d[E]aughter
A[A]ll they want is everyth[B]ing
S[E]he came out h[A]ere to be an a[B]ctress[A]
[E]He was a s[A]inger in a b[B]and
[C#m]They just might [B]go back to Oklah[E]oma[B]
A[A]nd talk about the stars they could have b[B]een
[E] O[A]nly in Ameri[B]ca, dreaming in red, white, and blue
[E] O[A]nly in Ameri[B]ca, where we dream as big as we want to
[C#m] We all g[A]et a chance[C#m], everybody g[A]ets to dance
[E] O[A]nly in Ameri[B]ca
SOLO
[A] [E] [B] [B] [A] [E] [B] [C]
[F] O[Bb]nly in Ameri[C]ca, where we dream in red, white, and blue
[F] O[Bb]nly in Ameri[C]ca, where we dream as big as we want to
[Dm] We all g[Bb]et a chance,[Dm] everybody g[Bb]ets to dance
[F] O[Bb]nly in Ameri[C]ca
[F] [Bb]Yeah, only in America
[F] O[Bb]nly in Ameri[C]ca, where we dream in red, white, and blue
[F] [Bb] Y[C]eah we we dream as big as we want to (fade)
GUITAR TAB
SOLO
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SELECTED RIFFS
VERSE 1 (...promise of the promised land)
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VERSE 1 (...end up going to prison)
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VERSE 2 (...came out to be an actress)
natural harmonics natural harmonics
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VERSE 2 (...they just might go back to Oklahoma)
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VERSE 2 (...the stars they might have been)
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