Standard (EADGBE)

Key:

Chords used:

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Intro

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x3

Verse 1

Is this how it was intended?

The sunrise over smoke

stacks in the Midwest

the beauty of this

abandoned factory

Christmas lights blinking on

and off all out of time

in what used to be your pink

house dreams of a middle class-

Chorus 1

-America I'm trying

to believe in you

but all these satellites

and shattered dreams are

blocking out my view

Please don't forget

who you really are

because nothing really

matters when we're gone

Psot Chorus:

Verse 2

Fell in love with

his keno waitress

They honeymooned in Memphis they

were married by the drive up window

Trailer parks neon signs and

an empty box of Lucky Strikes

all used up on the dashboard of-

Chorus 2

-America I'm trying

to believe in you

this world sold its fate

for parking lots and drunk

sincerity Please don't forget

who you really are

because nothing really

matters when we're-

Bridge

You'll be saddened

to know the train

tracks you once

walked as a

young boy are now

nothing but a graveyard

Please don't forget

how small we really are

because nothing really

matters when we're gone

Interlude

x2

Nothing really matters!!!

Chorus 3

I'm trying to believe in you (x4)

Outro