America - 1960

^AM7How 'bout a tear for the ^G#m7year of 1960 ^F#m7I watched the fins of the ^ECadillac ^E7fall ^AM7I remember Dad ex^G#m7plained about the Berlin ^DWall^A

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^AM7How 'bout a tear for the ^G#m7torment and the trouble ^F#m7That was brewing in the ^EAsian ^E7way ^AM7I wore a smile like the ^G#m7faces that surround ^DL.A.^A

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^DIn the city of the ^Ddimlost and found ^C#m7It's hard to get a ^F#m7break^F#m

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^{E D}Hard to stop from getting ^Ddimturned around ^C#m7And make the same mis^F#7takes

^AMy reputation's ^E/G#on the line ^F#m7The final day of '^E59^F#m7

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^{E/G# A}But like the sun, just ^E/G#watch me shine D A-E Today

^AM7How 'bout a cheer for the ^G#m7piano virtuoso ^F#m7I practiced 61 ^Eminutes a ^E7day ^AM7I could never reach the ^G#m7keys D A-E But it was all OK

^AM7How 'bout a cheer for the ^G#m7humor in my brother ^F#m7That could brighten up the d^Earkest ^E7nights ^AM7It's just another sign of ^G#m7love Whenever we would ^Dfight^A

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^DIt's all the same twenty ^Ddimyears ago C#m7 F#m7 F#m-E As it is right now ^DLike a tour at the ^Ddimclosing show ^C#m7When I take my ^F#7bow

^AMy reputation's ^E/G#on the line ^F#m7At the start of '7^E9 ^F#m7

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^{E/G# A}But like the sun, just ^E/G#watch me shine D A-E Today ^AI've played this part so ^E/G#many times ^F#m7Since the end of '5^E9 ^F#m7

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^{E/G# A}But like the sun, just ^E/G#watch me shine To^Dday ^{A E G D D A}

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