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