Artist/Band: Brooks And Dunn Tabs
Song: Only In America Tab
ONLY IN AMERICA (Kix Brooks / Don Cook / Ronnie Rogers)
performed by Brooks and Dunn on STEERS AND STRIPES (2001)
INTRO
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E A B A
Sun coming up over New York City
E A B
School bus driver in a traffic jam
A B E
Staring at the faces in her rear view mirror
A B
Looking at the promise of the promised land
E A B A
One kid dreams of fame and fortune
E A B
One kid helps pay the rent
A B E B
One could end up going to prison
A B
One just might be president
E A B
Only in America, dreaming in red, white, and blue
E A B
Only in America, where we dream as big as we want to
C#m A C#m A
We all get a chance, everybody gets to dance
E A B
Only in America
E A B A
Sun going down on an L.A. freeway
E A B
Newlyweds in the back of a limousine
A B E
A welder's son and a banker's daughter
A B
All they want is everything
E A B A
She came out here to be an actress
E A B
He was a singer in a band
C#m B E B
They just might go back to Oklahoma
A B
And talk about the stars they could have been
E A B
Only in America, dreaming in red, white, and blue
E A B
Only in America, where we dream as big as we want to
C#m A C#m A
We all get a chance, everybody gets to dance
E A B
Only in America
SOLO
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F Bb C
Only in America, where we dream in red, white, and blue
F Bb C
Only in America, where we dream as big as we want to
Dm Bb Dm Bb
We all get a chance, everybody gets to dance
F Bb C
Only in America
F Bb
Yeah, only in America
F Bb C
Only in America, where we dream in red, white, and blue
F Bb C
Yeah 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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VERSE 2 (...the stars they might have been)
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