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