Verse: D# G# A wise man was telling stories to me A# G# D# about the places he had been to and the things that had seen Chorus: D# G# A quiet voice is singing something to me A# G# D# An age old song ʼbout the brave in this land here of the free, G# A# D# One time one night in America Verse: D# A lady dressed in white with the man she loves G# Standing along the side of their pick up truck D# G# A shot rang out in the night D# G# Just when everything seemed right D# A# D# Another headline written down in America D# The guy that lived next door in three o five G# took the kids to the park and disappeared ʼbout half past nine D# G# D# G# Who will ever know how much she loved them so D# A# D# That dark night alone in America Chorus. Verse: D# Four small boys playing ball in the parking lot G# A preacher, a teacher, and the other became a cop D# G# A car skidded into the rain D# G# Making the last little one a saint D# A# D# One more light goes out in America D# A young girl tosses a coin in the wishing well G# She hopes for a heaven while for her thereʼs just this hell D# G# D# G# She gave away her life to become somebodyʼs wife D# A# D# Another wish unanswered in America Bridge: A# People having so much faith G# D# Die too soon while all the rest come late A# We write a song that no one sings G# A# On a cold black stone where a lasting peace will finally bring Verse: D# The sunlight plays upon my window pane G# I wake up to a world thatʼs still the same D# G# My father said to be strong D# G# That a good man could never do wrong D# A# D# In a dream I had last night in America Chorus: D# G# A# One time one night in America D# G# A# One time one night in America
