Key: G
Introduction:
G Bm Em C
The lights turned on and the curtain fell down,
Am7 D
And when it was over it felt like a dream ,
Am7 D
They stood at the stage door and begged for a scream ,
G G/F# Em
The agents had paid for the black limousine
C D
that waited outside in the rain.
G4 G G4 G C F
Did you see them , did you see them?
Dm G7
Did you see them in the river?
Bb Dm Em/D F/D Em/D
They were there to wave to you.
Dm G7
Could you tell that the empty quivered,
Bb Dm Em/D
brown skinned Indian on the banks
F/D Em/D
that were crowded and narrow,
F G
held a broken arrow?
Eighteen years of American dream ,