America - The story of a teenager

^CBoy, please don't ^Fmaj7throw away your ^Clife All the joy, please ^Fmaj7don't end it with a ^Am7knife 'Cause ^D7you know there's hope for ^C/Gyou ^{Em7 Dm7 Fm C}

^CI was alone like the ^Fmaj7silence in the ^Cnight I had no home no one ^Fmaj7close to hold me ^Am7tight But ^D7you know there's hope for ^C/Gyou, ^{Em7 Dm7 Fm} For ^Cyou

Everywhere I ^Flook I see your ^Cface Every step I ^Am7take seems out of ^Em7place You got to be a ^Fman to run the ^D7race I'm not a hopeless ^Dm7man ^Dm7/GHow can you say I ^Cam?

^CI was alone like the ^Fmaj7silence in the ^Cnight I had no home no one ^Fmaj7close to hold me ^Am7tight But ^D7you know there's hope for ^C/Gyou, ^{Em7 Dm7 Fm} For ^Cyou

Everywhere I ^Flook I see your ^Cface Every step I ^Am7take seems out of ^Em7place You got to be a ^Fman to run the ^D7race I'm not a hopeless ^Dm7man ^Dm7/GHow can you say I am ^{Bb/C Am/C Gm/C Am/D}