ONLY IN AMERICA \STEERS AND STRIPES ALBUM
This is a good song by Brooks And Dunn. Go and learn it.
INTRO
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________ ________ __ __ ________ __ __
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S[E]un coming up [A]over New York C[B]ity[A]
[E]School bus driver[A] in a traffic j[B]am
St[A]aring at the f[B]aces in her rear view m[E]irror
L[A]ooking at the promise of the promised l[B]and
O[E]ne kid dreams[A] of fame and f[B]ortune[A]
[E]One k[A]id helps pay the r[B]ent
[A]One could e[B]nd up going to pr[E]ison[B]
[A]One just might be presid[B]ent
[E] O[A]nly in Ameri[B]ca, dreaming in red, white, and blue
[E] O[A]nly in Ameri[B]ca, where we dream as big as we want to
[C#m] We all g[A]et a chance[C#m], everybody g[A]ets to dance
[E] O[A]nly in Ameri[B]ca
S[E]un going down[A] on an L.A. free[B]way[A]
N[E]ewlyweds in the b[A]ack of a limous[B]ine
[A]A welder's s[B]on and a banker's d[E]aughter
A[A]ll they want is everyth[B]ing
S[E]he came out h[A]ere to be an a[B]ctress[A]
[E]He was a s[A]inger in a b[B]and
[C#m]They just might [B]go back to Oklah[E]oma[B]
A[A]nd talk about the stars they could have b[B]een
[E] O[A]nly in Ameri[B]ca, dreaming in red, white, and blue
[E] O[A]nly in Ameri[B]ca, where we dream as big as we want to
[C#m] We all g[A]et a chance[C#m], everybody g[A]ets to dance
[E] O[A]nly in Ameri[B]ca
SOLO
|A |E |B |B |A |E |B |C |
[F] O[Bb]nly in Ameri[C]ca, where we dream in red, white, and blue
[F] O[Bb]nly in Ameri[C]ca, where we dream as big as we want to
[Dm] We all g[Bb]et a chance,[Dm] everybody g[Bb]ets to dance
[F] O[Bb]nly in Ameri[C]ca
[F] [Bb]Yeah, only in America
[F] O[Bb]nly in Ameri[C]ca, where we dream in red, white, and blue
[F] [Bb] Y[C]eah we we dream as big as we want to (fade)
GUITAR TAB
SOLO
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SELECTED RIFFS
VERSE 1 (...promise of the promised land)
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VERSE 1 (...end up going to prison)
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VERSE 2 (...came out to be an actress)
natural harmonics natural harmonics
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VERSE 2 (...they just might go back to Oklahoma)
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This is a good song by Brooks And Dunn. Go and learn it.
INTRO
________ __ __ ________ __ __
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|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------4|------------------------|
|-----------------------7|-----7--7--7--7--6-----4|------------------------|
|--9-11-11-11--9--7-----0|-----0--0--0--0--0-----2|------------------------|
|--0-H---0--0--0---------|------------------------|------------------------|
________ ________ __ __ ________ __ __
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|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------4|
|------------------------|-----------------------7|-----7--7--7--7--6-----4|
|-----------------x--x-11|----11-11-11--9--7----/0|-----0--0--0--0--0-----2|
|---------------------/-0|-----0--0--0--0--0------|------------------------|
________ __ __
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|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|-----4--5--4--5--4------|------------------------|
|------------------------|-----4--4--4--4--4------|------------------------|
|------------------------|-----4--6--4--6--4------|--2---------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|--2---------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|--0-----------------x--x|
S[E]un coming up [A]over New York C[B]ity[A]
[E]School bus driver[A] in a traffic j[B]am
St[A]aring at the f[B]aces in her rear view m[E]irror
L[A]ooking at the promise of the promised l[B]and
O[E]ne kid dreams[A] of fame and f[B]ortune[A]
[E]One k[A]id helps pay the r[B]ent
[A]One could e[B]nd up going to pr[E]ison[B]
[A]One just might be presid[B]ent
[E] O[A]nly in Ameri[B]ca, dreaming in red, white, and blue
[E] O[A]nly in Ameri[B]ca, where we dream as big as we want to
[C#m] We all g[A]et a chance[C#m], everybody g[A]ets to dance
[E] O[A]nly in Ameri[B]ca
S[E]un going down[A] on an L.A. free[B]way[A]
N[E]ewlyweds in the b[A]ack of a limous[B]ine
[A]A welder's s[B]on and a banker's d[E]aughter
A[A]ll they want is everyth[B]ing
S[E]he came out h[A]ere to be an a[B]ctress[A]
[E]He was a s[A]inger in a b[B]and
[C#m]They just might [B]go back to Oklah[E]oma[B]
A[A]nd talk about the stars they could have b[B]een
[E] O[A]nly in Ameri[B]ca, dreaming in red, white, and blue
[E] O[A]nly in Ameri[B]ca, where we dream as big as we want to
[C#m] We all g[A]et a chance[C#m], everybody g[A]ets to dance
[E] O[A]nly in Ameri[B]ca
SOLO
|A |E |B |B |A |E |B |C |
[F] O[Bb]nly in Ameri[C]ca, where we dream in red, white, and blue
[F] O[Bb]nly in Ameri[C]ca, where we dream as big as we want to
[Dm] We all g[Bb]et a chance,[Dm] everybody g[Bb]ets to dance
[F] O[Bb]nly in Ameri[C]ca
[F] [Bb]Yeah, only in America
[F] O[Bb]nly in Ameri[C]ca, where we dream in red, white, and blue
[F] [Bb] Y[C]eah we we dream as big as we want to (fade)
GUITAR TAB
SOLO
__ __ __ ________ ________ ________
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|--0-----0--0--0--0------|--0-----0--0--0--0--0--0|--0---------------------|
|-10----10-10-10-10------|--9-----9--9--9--9--9--9|--9--7--7--5--5--4--4---|
|------------------------|------------------------|----S-----S-----S------6|
|------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------B|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
________
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|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|-----4------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|--------4--2------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
________ ________ ________ __ __
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|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|-----4--5--4--5--4--x--x|-----5--6--5--6--5------|------------------------|
|-----4--4--4--4--4--x--x|-----5--5--5--5--5------|------------------------|
|-----4--6--4--6--4--x--x|-----5--7--5--7--5-----3|------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------3|------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------1|------------------------|
SELECTED RIFFS
VERSE 1 (...promise of the promised land)
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|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|--------4-----4--4------|------------------------|
|------------------------|--------4--6--6--4------|--2---------------------|
|------------------------|--2--6--------------6---|--2---------------------|
|-----------------------4|----/-------------------|--0---------------------|
VERSE 1 (...end up going to prison)
__ __ __ __ __ __
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|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|-------10-12-10--9------|-----5-----------4------|--2---------------------|
|-------11-13-11--9------|-----4-----------4------|--2---------------------|
|---------S--S----------5|--6--------------------2|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
VERSE 2 (...came out to be an actress)
natural harmonics natural harmonics
__ __
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|------------------------|-12---------------------|--------------------7---|
|----------------12----12|------------------------|--------------7---------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
VERSE 2 (...they just might go back to Oklahoma)
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