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
