G Cadd9
Got a one-way ticket down a two way street
G Cadd9
Got the wind in my hair and there's dust on my feet
Em7
I'm just trying
C
To make it in America
G
[Verse 2]
(G) Cadd9
Only thing to my name is an old t-shirt
G Cadd9
Faded nine-teen eighty-five from a Stones concert
Em7
And I'm dying
C
To make it in America
G
[Verse 3]
G Cadd9
And I'm singing the words to my favourite song
G Cadd9
With the rag-top down and my glasses on
Em7
and I'm driving
C
Straight through America
D
[Chorus]
G
I wanna taste the sun
C
'Cause baby, I'm born to run
Em D
I've gotta feeling that I'm not the only one
G C
I, I wanna show some skin
Em7
'Cause baby, I need the ocean
Am7 G
You can't stop me now I've got my heart in motion
C
I, wanna make it in America
D
make it in America
[Verse 4]
G Cadd9
I can see my star sunset and vine
G Cadd9
Gonna carve my name in the Hollywood sign
Em C
Yeah I gotta, gotta make it in America
G Cadd9
See me wearing a smile even if I'm broke
G Cadd9
I'll be singing the words from a song i wrote
Em C
And I called it, Make it in America
D
[Chorus]
G
I wanna taste the sun
C
'Cause baby, I'm born to run
Em D
I've gotta feeling that I'm not the only one
G C
I, I wanna show some skin
Em7
'Cause baby, I need the ocean
Am7 G
You can't stop me now I've got my heart in motion
C
I, wanna make it in America
D
make it in America
[Middle 8]
Em7 C
I can feel the sweat dripping down my face
Em7 C
I can hear my heart as it starts to race
Am7 C
Yeah some-times this world's such a lonely place
D
If I just push on I know that
[Chorus]
G
I wanna taste the sun
C
'Cause baby, I'm born to run
Em D
I've gotta feeling that I'm not the only one
G C
I, I wanna show some skin
Em7
'Cause baby, I need the ocean
Am7 G
You can't stop me now I've got my heart in motion
C
I, wanna make it in America
D
make it in America
