Standard (EADGBE)
Key:
Chords used:
/ - x143xx
Intro
x2
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)