Key: D
Introduction: D/F#
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D/F#
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D/F#
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Em
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Bm
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Is this how it was intended? The sunrise over smoke stacks in the Midwest,
A
the beauty of this abandoned factory.
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Bb
Bm
D
Christmas lights blinking on and off all out of time
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A
Bb
in what used to be, your pink house dreams of a middle class
Bm
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G
Bm
America, I'm trying to believe in you,
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Em
but all these satellites and shattered dreams are blocking out my view.
A
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Em
A
Bb
Please don't forget who you really are, because nothing really matters when we're gone
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Bm
Fell in love with his keno waitress
G
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They honeymooned in Memphis; they were married by the drive up window.
A
Bb
all used up on the dashboard of
Bm
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G
Bm
America, I'm trying to believe in you
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G
Em
this world sold its fate for parking lots and drunk sincerity
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Em
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Bb
Please don't forget who you really are, because nothing really matters when we're -
Bm
D
G
You'll be saddened to know the train tracks you once walked as a
Bm
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G
Em
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Em
young boy are now nothing but a graveyard
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Bb
Please don't forget how small we really are, because nothing really matters when we're gone.
Bm
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I'm trying to believe in you (x4)
Em