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