From: ksm@panix.com (Ken MacFarlane) Great song from a great album. I saw a request for this a while ago, so here's my attempt at it. If anyone can do better, or sees this in one of the magazines, please let me know so that I can play it better as well! :-) -Ken. **************CUT HERE LOST IN AMERICA -- Alice Cooper Intro: (all power chords)

^A1 . ^A2 ^A. ^A3 ^G. 4 . ^A1 . ^A2 ^G. ^A3 ^C. 4 . ^A1 . ^A2 ^A. ^A3 ^G. 4 . ^A1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .

Let's call this Riff A:

^A1 . ^A2 ^A. ^A3 . ^G4 . 1 . ^A2 ^G. ^A3 ^C. 4 . and this Riff B: (1 beat pickup) ^A4 ^C. ^D1 . ^C2 ^A. 3 . ^A4 ^C. ^D1 . ^C2 ^A. 3 . 4 .

and now, the lyrics (play the riff after each line is sung): INTRO (intro riff x 2) VERSE 1: I ain't got a girl 'cuz I ain't got a car (Riff A) I ain't got a car 'cuz I ain't got a job (Riff A) I ain't got a job 'cuz I ain't got a car (Riff A) So I'm looking for a girl with a job and a car (Riff B) (play D chord and let ring) Ah, don't you know where you are... CHORUS: (same riff as the intro) Lost in America, Lost in America, Lost in America, Lost VERSE 2: (played same as the first) I got a mom but I ain't got a dad My dad's got a wife but she ain't my mom Mom's looking for a man to be my dad But I want my mom and dad to be my real mom and dad... Is that so bad'

^DOh, I think I've been had... CHORUS x 2

BRIDGE: (play E chord and let ring, then) E|-3-0-----------------0- B|-------3-0-3---3-0-3--- G|----------------------- Well, I live at the 7-11 E|-3-0------------------- B|-------3-0-3---3-0----- G|-------------------0--- Well, I'm trying to play this guitar E|-3-0-----------------0- B|-------3-0-3---3-0-3--- G|----------------------- Well, I'm learning "Stairway To Heaven" E|----------------0------ B|--------0-3-0-3-------- G|---------------------0- 'Cuz heaven's where you are SOLO: (It starts something like E|-5--5-5-5- but that's all I can figure out. B|-5--5-5-5- Any help') VERSE 3: I can't go to school 'cuz I ain't got a gun I ain't got a gun 'cuz I ain't got a job I ain't got a job 'cuz I can't go to school So I'm looking for a girl with a gun and a job... and a house... with cable

^DDon't you know where you are... CHOURS x 4

(Then a bunch of alternating A's and G's during the "Lost...Lost...Hey Hey"s, until: ) E|--------------3b-not-quite-4~~ B|-5---------4------------------ G|---6----5--------------------- D|-----7------------------------ -- "The dead have risen and they're voting Republican!" -- Lisa Simpson

Alice Cooper - Lost in america