E          A               B
Sun goin up over New York City.
E                A              B
School bus driver in a traffic jam.
A              B                    E
Starin at the faces in her rearview mirror.
A                                     B
Lookin 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 a rent.
A         B              E
One could end up goin to prison.
A                      B              E
One just might be president.

[Chorus]
A              B                                  E
Only in America dreaming in red, white, and blue.
A              B                                     C#m
Only in America where we dream as big as we want to.
       A                C#m
We all get a chance.
          A               E
Everybody gets to dance.
A              B
Only in America.

[Verse]
E             A               B       A
Sun goin down on an A  freeway.
E                A                 B
Newlyweds in the back of a limosine.
A         B                 E          B
A welders son and a bankers daughter.
A                     B
All they want is everything.
E            A             B
She came out here to be an actress.
E        A           B
He was a singer in a band.
A               B              E
They might just go back to Oklahoma.
A                                        B
And talk about the stars they could have been.

[Chorus]
A              B                                  E
Only in America dreaming in red, white, and blue.
A              B                                     C#m
Only in America where we dream as big as we want to.
       A                C#m
We all get a chance.
          A               E
Everybody gets to dance.
A              B
Only in America.

[Solo]
A  E  B
A  E  B  C

[Chorus]
F         Bb            C                                         F
Ooooooooooonly in America where we dream in red, white, and blue.
Bb            C                                      Dm
Only in America where we dream as big as we want to.
       Bb            Dm
We all get a chance.
          Bb             F
Everybody gets to dance.
Bb            C         F
Only in America.
      Bb            C     F
Yeah, only in America.
Bb            C                                         F
Only in America where we dream in red, white, and blue.
Bb   C                                   F      Bb      C
        Yeah, we dream as big as we want toooooooooooooooooo.