Intro: C5 - G5 - A5 - F5 (barred chords) or C5 - E5 - A5 - F5 (open chords) Lead (with harmonist pedal (+octave)): e)---8-7--7---------(b9)-----8-7--7--------- | B)--8---8---10--8-10------8---8---10--8-10 | G)-(b9)--------------------(b9)--------------- | D)---------------------------------------- | A)---------------------------------------- | E)---------------------------------------- | Verse: C5 E5 A5 F5 Just a story from America C5 E5 A5 F5 He left his job and he looked at her C5 E5 A5 F5 I've had enough he put down his cup C5 E5 A5 F5 And every time she would fill it up Chorus: C5 When she'd say G5 A5 F5 Get up when they put you down C5 G5 But like a boxer A5 F5 You just spin around C5 G5 A5 F5 Your kind of guy is so very few C5 F5 A5 F5 Don't ever let them get the best of you Verse: C5 G5 A5 F5 And so he's working like a dog each day C5 G5 A5 F5 And every week there'd be more overtime pay C5 G5 A5 F5 And pretty soon he's got a Cadillac car C5 G5 A5 F5 And on the weekends he would drive so far Bridge: A5 F5 And they don't slow down G5 A5 America's such a speedy town A5 F5 Hot clothes high society G5 He said it never get the best of me Verse: C5 E5 A5 F5 And then he met a girl with hair like the sun C5 E5 A5 With social status she was number one C5 E5 A5 He left it all and he left downtown C5 E5 A5 A little voice follows him around Chorus: C5 And it'd say G5 A5 F5 Get up when they put you down C5 G5 And like a boxer A5 F5 You just spin around C5 G5 A5 F5 Your kind of guy was so very few C5 F5 A5 F5 I thought they'd never get the best of you End: C5 G5 A5 F5 Just a story of America C5 G5 A5 F5 Just a story fro in America C5 G5 A5 F5 Just a story of America C5 G5 A5 F5 Just a story from America