Intro: A-D - A - D - E - A

(verse 1)
A (x02220@1)    E (022100@1)       D (xx0232@1)       AI (x02220@1)grew up under normal conditions,
             E (022100@1)    D (xx0232@1)           EMom (022100@1)was the radio, Dad was the television,
A (x02220@1)             E (022100@1)       D (xx0232@1)            E (022100@1)They both were doin the best that they could,
       A (x02220@1)        E (022100@1)        D (xx0232@1)        AWorkin (x02220@1)50 hour a weeks and knockin on wood,



(Break - A-D - A - D - E - A)



(verse 2)
A (x02220@1)        E (022100@1)          D (xx0232@1)           AI (x02220@1)did my time in the public school system,
            E (022100@1)          D (xx0232@1)         EI (022100@1)got good grades, and never got a shred of wisdom,
A (x02220@1)               E (022100@1)            D (xx0232@1)         E (022100@1)Can't blame my teachers, for anything they did,
     A (x02220@1)               E (022100@1)      D (xx0232@1) AYou (x02220@1)can't teach one on one with 33 kids,



(chorus)
          A (x02220@1)    E (022100@1)      D (xx0232@1)   AAnd (x02220@1)it's oohh - oohh I'm doin alright,
              E (022100@1)            D (xx0232@1)     AI (x02220@1)work every day to get to Saturday Night,
          A (x02220@1)    E (022100@1)              D (xx0232@1)   AAnd (x02220@1)it's oohh - oohh I' guess I'm doin  ok,
           E (022100@1)         D (xx0232@1)   ALivin (x02220@1)and Dyin the American way,



(verse 3)
well I found the one, we put some rooms down,
Got a second mortgage on the outskirts of town,
Now we BBQ every Fourth of July,
Send our prayers and our fireworks up into the sky,

(chorus)
          A (x02220@1)    E (022100@1)      D (xx0232@1)   AAnd (x02220@1)it's oohh - oohh I'm doin alright,
              E (022100@1)            D (xx0232@1)     AI (x02220@1)work every day to get to Saturday Night,
          A (x02220@1)    E (022100@1)              D (xx0232@1)   AAnd (x02220@1)it's oohh - oohh I' guess I'm doin  ok,
           E (022100@1)         D (xx0232@1)   ALivin (x02220@1)and Lovin the American way,

(lead - D- (xx0232@1)A- (x02220@1)D- (xx0232@1)A- (x02220@1)D- (xx0232@1)A- (x02220@1)E)



(bridge)
F#m (244222@1)                           EThese (022100@1)days we're thinkin about kids of our own,
D (xx0232@1)                     E (022100@1)Gonna turn this house into a home,
A (x02220@1)                             EIn (022100@1)no time at all they'll be singin along,



(chorus)
 A (x02220@1)    E (022100@1)      D (xx0232@1)   Aoohh (x02220@1)- oohh I'm doin alright,
              E (022100@1)            D (xx0232@1)     AI (x02220@1)work every day to get to Saturday Night,
          A (x02220@1)    E (022100@1)              D (xx0232@1)   AAnd (x02220@1)it's oohh - oohh I' guess I'm doin  ok,
           E (022100@1)         D (xx0232@1)   ALivin (x02220@1)and Lovin the American way,

(chorus)
          A (x02220@1)    E (022100@1)      D (xx0232@1)   AAnd (x02220@1)it's oohh - oohh I'm doin alright,
              E (022100@1)            D (xx0232@1)     AI (x02220@1)work every day to get to Saturday Night,
          A (x02220@1)    E (022100@1)              D (xx0232@1)   AAnd (x02220@1)it's oohh - oohh I' guess I'm doin  ok,
           E (022100@1)         D (xx0232@1)   ALivin (x02220@1)and Dyin the American way,
           E (022100@1)         D (xx0232@1)   ALivin (x02220@1)and Lovin the American way,

Outro:  A - D-(D) - A - D - E - A
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