Key: G
Introduction:
G B7
Two kids from Tacoma in a '72 Nova
Em C
No pill and barely old enough to drink
G
Learned the ropes and tested science
B7
Started pentecostal riots
Em C
In just five minutes behind the roller-rink
Cm
In the backseat brings
G
The American dream on a shoestring
C
First you grow it, then you show it
G
Give a good push just like a Brady
D
Say you'll love them 'till your eighty
G
Too soon to be a mother and father
C
But too late for the alma mater
G
Yeah it's always in the water
D G
Babies makin' babies
G
Between diplomas and the diapers
B7
They become couch quarter finders
Em C
Savin' up for a Maytag microwave
G
Oh but all has been forgiven
B7
On the day the water christened
Em C
The best thing that could have happened by mistake
G
The American dream on a shoestring
C
First you grow it, then you show it
G
Give a good push just like a Brady
D
Say you'll love them 'till your eighty
G
Too soon to be a mother and father
C
But too late for the alma mater
G
Yeah it's always in the water
D G D G C G D
Babies makin' babies
G
Well it's a tried and true equation
B7
Maintains a small town population
Em C
And turns us all into a family
G
The American dream on a shoestring
C
First you grow it, then you show it
G
Give a good push just like a Brady
D
Say you'll love them 'till your eighty
G
Too soon to be a mother and father
C
But too late for the alma mater
G
Yeah it's always in the water
D Em G
Babies makin' babies
G
Yes it's always in the water,
D G B7 Em C D G
Babies makin' babies