American Authors - In a big country

(Shot! Shot!)^E [Verse 1] ^EI've never seen you look like ^Athis without a reason ^EAnother promise fallen t^Ahrough Another ^F#mseason ^Apasses ^Bby you

^{B A} (Shot!)^F#m [Verse 2] ^EI never took the smile a^Away from anybody's face ^EAnd that's a desperate way to ^Alook For someone ^F#mwho is s^Atill a ^Bchild

^C#mAnd in a ^Ebig country ^Adreams s^Btay with you ^C#mLike a ^Elover's voice fires the mountainside^A Stay a^F#mlive^{E F#m}

^EI thought that pain and truth were t^Ahings that really mattered But you can't stay ^C#mhere with ^F#mevery single hope you had ^Eshattered

^EI'm not expecting to grow ^Aflowers in a desert ^EBut I can live and breathe And ^Asee the ^F#msun in ^Awinter^Btime

^C#mAnd in a ^Ebig country ^Adreams s^Btay with you ^C#mLike a ^Elover's voice ^C#mfires the ^Emountainside^A Stay a^F#mlive ^C#mIn a ^Ebig country ^Adreams s^Btay with you ^C#mLike a ^Elover's voice fires the mountainside^A Stay a^F#live

^ESo take that look out of here ^Ait doesn't fit you ^C#mBecause it's happened doesn't ^F#mmean you've been discarded ^EPull up your head off the floor, ^Acome up screaming ^C#mCry out for everything you ^F#mever might have wanted ^EI thought that pain and truth were t^Ahings that really mattered But you ^C#mcan't stay here with ^F#mevery single hope you had ^Eshattered

^{E A} (Shot!)^E [Final Verse] ^EI'm not expecting to grow ^Aflowers in a desert ^EBut I can live and breathe And ^Asee the ^F#msun in ^F#winter^Btime

^C#mAnd in a ^Ebig country ^Adreams s^Btay with you ^C#mLike a ^Elover's voice ^C#mfires the ^Emountainside^A Stay a^F#mlive ^C#mIn a ^Ebig country ^Adreams s^Btay with you ^C#mLike a ^Elover's voice fires the mountainside^A Stay a^F#mlive