Tom: D5

Intro:  D5 (11 measures)

      G5 (1 measure)

      D5 (4 measures)
Verse 1
  

  D5                               G5
A wise man was telling stories to me
         A5                               G5      D5
about the places he had been to and the things that had seen

Chorus
    D5                              G5
A quiet voice is singing something to me
   A5                           G5                  D5
An age old song 'bout the brave in this land here of the free,
        G5        A5          D5
One time one night in America 

Verse 2
  

  D5      
A lady dressed in white with the man she loves 
                                G5
Standing along the side of their pick up truck
      D5                     G5 
A shot rang out in the night
        D5                 G5
Just when everything seemed right
        D5                A5           D5
Another headline written down in America

Verse 3
    D5
The guy that lived next door in three o five
                                             G5
took the kids to the park and disappeared 'bout half past nine 
   D5              G5         D5                G5
Who will ever know how much she loved them so
D5                 A5            D5
That dark night alone in America

Chorus

Verse 4
D5
Four small boys playing ball in the parking lot
                                     G5
A preacher, a teacher, and the other became a cop
     D5                     G5
A car skidded into the rain
         D5                    G5
Making the last little one a saint
D5                   A5        D5
One more light goes out in America 

Verse 5
  D5      
A young girl tosses a coin in the wishing well
                                            G5
She hopes for a heaven while for her there's just this hell
      D5            G5          D5                  G5
She gave away her life to become somebody's wife
  D5            A5              D5
Another wish unanswered in America

*Bridge*
A5
People having so much faith
                  G5                   D5
Die too soon while all the rest come late
   A5      
We write a song that no one sings
                        G5                        A5
On a cold black stone where a lasting peace will finally bring

Guitar Solo

A (3 measures)

G (1 measure)

D (7 measures)

G (1 measure)

D (1/2 measure)

G (1/2 measure)

A (1 measure)

D (1 measure)

Verse 6
    D5
The sunlight plays upon my window pane
                                G5
I wake up to a world that's still the same
   D5                     G5
My father said to be strong
      D5                      G5
That a good man could never do wrong
       D5               A5            D5
In a dream I had last night in America

Verse 1

Chorus
D5         G5         A5  
  One time one night in America
D5        G5          A5
  One time one night in America 
Outro:      D5 (Until fadeout)