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