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MI LA RE SOL SI MI
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SOL 3 2 0 0 0 3
DO 3 2 0 1 0
DO/SI 2 2 0 1 0
LAm 0 2 2 1 0
RE 0 2 3 2
DO/SOL 3 3 2 0 1 0
FA 1 3 3 2 1 1
SIb 1 3 3 3 1
LA 0 2 2 2 0
SI 2 4 4 4 2
N.C.
SOL DO DO/SI
It was the town that made America famous
Am D G The churches full and the kids all gone to hell
SOL
Six traffic lights, and seven cops
DO DO DO/SI
And all the streets kept clean
LAm RE DO SOL
The supermarket and the drug store and the bars all doin' well
SOL DO DO/SI
Now they were the folks that made America famous
LAm DO RE SOL
Our local fire department stocked with short-haired volunteers
SOL
And on Saturday night, while America boozes
DO DO DO/SI
The fire department showed dirty movies
LAm DO/SI LAm DO/SOL LAm DO/SOL
The lawyer and the grocer seein' their dreams come to life on the movie screen
FA RE DO
While the plumber hopes that he won't be seen, as he tries to hide his fears
SOL
And he wipes away his tears
SIb LA
But somethin's burinin' somewhere
SI SOL
DOES ANYBODY CARE?
SOL DO DO/SI
We were the kids that made America famous
LAm RE SOL
The kind of kids that long since drove our parents to despair
SOL
We were lazy long-hairs droppin' out
DO DO DO/SI
Lost, confused, and coppin' out
LAm RE
Convinced our futures were in doubt
DO SOL
And tryin' not to care
SOL DO DO/SI
We lived in the house that made America famous
LAm DO RE SOL
It was a run-down slum, the shame of all the decent folks in town
SOL
We're hippies and some welfare cases
DO DO DO/SI
Crowded families of cold, black faces
LAm DO/SI LAm
Cramped inside some cracked old boards
DO/SOL LAm DO/SOL
The best that we all could afford
FA RE DO
But still too fine for the rich landlord to ever tear it down
SOL
And we could hear the sound
SIb LA
Of somethin' burnin' somewhere
SI SOL
IS ANYBODY THERE?
SOL DO DO/SI
We all lived the life that made America famous
LAm RE SOL
Our cops would make a point to shadow us around our town
SOL DO DO DO/SI
And we love children put a swastika on the bright red firehouse door
LAm RE DO SOL
America, the beautiful, it makes a body proud
SOL DO DO/SI
And then came the night that made America famous
LAm DO RE SOL
Was it carelessness or someone's sick idea of a joke?
SOL DO DO DO/SI
In the tinder-box trap we hippies lived in someone struck a spark
LAm DO/SI LAm
At first I thought that I was dreamin'
DO/SOL LAm DO/SOL
Then I saw the first flames gleamin'
FA RE
And heard the sound of children screamin'
DO SOL
Comin' through the smoke
SIb LA
And somethin's burnin' somewhere
SI SOL
DOES ANYBODY CARE?
SOL DO DO/SI
Oh, it was the fire that made America famous
LAm RE SOL
The sirens wailed and the firemen stumbled sleepin' from their homes
SOL
And when the plumber yelled, "C'mon, let's go!"
DO DO DO/SI
They saw what was burnin' and said, "Take it slow"
LAm
"Let 'em sweat a little"
RE
"They'll never know"
DO
"And besides, we just cleaned the chrome"
N.C. G
Said the plumber, "Then I'm goin' alone"
SOL
Well he rolled on up in the fire truck
LAm
And raised the ladder to the ledge
DO DO/SI LAm RE
While me and my girl and a couple of kids were clinging like bats to the edge
SOL
We staggered to salvation
DO DO DO/SI
Collapsed on the street
LAm RE
And I never thought that a fat man's face
DO SOL
Would ever look so sweet
SOL DO DO/SI
I shook his hand in the scene that made America famous
LAm RE SOL
And he smiled from the heart that made America great
SOL DO DO DO/SI
We spent the rest of that night in the home of this man that we'd never known before
LAm RE DO SOL
It's funny; when you get that close, it's kind of hard to hate
SOL DO DO/SI
I went to sleep with the hope that made America famous
LAm DO RE SOL
I had the kind of a dream that maybe they're still trying to teach in school
SOL DO DO/SI
O' the America that made America famous
LAm DO/SI LAm
And of the people who just might understand
DO/SOL LAm DO/SOL
That how together, yes we can
FA
Create a country better than
RE
The one we have made of this land
FA
We have the choice
FA
To make each man
RE
Who dares to dream
RE
Reachin' out his hand
DO SOL
A prophet or just a crazy damn dreamer or a fraud
DO SOL
Yes, a crazy fraud
SIb LA
and somethin's burnin' somewhere
SI SOL
DOES ANYBODY CARE?
SOL
IS ANYBODY THERE?
SOL
IS ANYBODY THERE????
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