Key: D
Introduction:
D G A
Sun comin' up over New York City,
D G A
school bus driver in a traffic jam.
G A D
Staring at the faces in her rear view mirror,
G A
looking at the promise of the promised land.
D G A
One kid dreams of fame and fortune,
D G A
one kid helps pay the rent.
G A D
One could end up going to prison,
G A
one just might be president.
D G A D
Only in America! Dreamin' in red, white, and blue!
G A Bm
Only in America! Where we dream as big as we want to.
G Bm G D G A
We all get a chance, everybody gets to dance, only in America!
D G A
Sun goin' down on an L.A freeway,
D G A
newly-weds in the back of a limousine.
G A D
A welder's son and a banker's daughter,
G A
all they want is everything!
D G A
She came out here to be an actress,
D G A
he was a singer in a band.
Bm G D
They just might go back to Oklahoma,
G A
and talk about the stars they could have been.
D G A D
Only in America! Dreamin' in red, white, and blue!
G A Bm
Only in America! Where we dream as big as we want to.
G Bm G D G A
We all get a chance, everybody gets to dance, only in America!
D G A D
Only in America! Dreamin' in red, white, and blue!
G A Bm
Only in America! Where we dream as big as we want to.
G Bm G D G A
We all get a chance, everybody gets to dance, only in America!