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America Never Been

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[Intro]
A
[Verse]
   AYou can drive across the Aaugwhole thing 
in four F#mdays if you really Awanted 
   Gleaving custom thF#mank you notes 
in all the hAouses you ever hDaunted 
   Ain this whole solar sAaugystem 
   F#mwe've only met one type of lGife 
   Ait's the living kind of lAaugife 
   Bmand it's not one I recognDize 
[Chorus]
   AAmeriGca,    F#mAmeriDca
   AAmeriGca,    BmAmeriDca
   AAmeriGca,    F#mAmeriDca
   AAmeriGca,    EAmeriDca
[Verse]
(bass holds A until „You can spend every …“)
  AI said "excuse me" to the ocean 
because I Aaugthought I had got in its way 
At F#mfirst I didn't think it heard me 
but Athen I saw it wave 
You can spend Gevery living moment thinking 
How can F#mI get out alive? 
  ABut is it really then, can you really call it 
  DHey man, just shut up and drive 
I Athought we'd be on the road all night 
when that Aaugice storm hit in Texas 
and F#mwhen we pulled into the gas station 
It was Glike a frozen oasis 
  AOh, sweet mama, 
does that Aaugneon sign shine for me? 
Is there a Bmstreet where my name glows 
all through the Dnight? 
[Chorus]
And I've Anever read (AmeriGca)
No I've F#mnever been (AmeriDca)
I just Anever went (AmeriGca)
I have Bmnever seen (AmeriDca)
And I've Anever wrote (AmeriGca)
No I've F#mnever been (AmeriDca)
I just Anever spoke (AmeriGca)
I just Ewanna see (AmeriDca)
[Verse]
(bass holds A until „Is this your salvation plan?“)
All my Afantasies are faking orgasms 
They're only Aaugin it for the money I made up for them 
I trade in iF#mdeas, opinions and artistry 
And my Aface is on every dollar 
This is Gheaven but heaven is here
This is F#mheaven but heaven is hard 
Because your Alover is listening to music you don't know 
And you're   Dtangled up in the headphone wires 
You know our Aproblems, they don't end 
Just because    Aaugwe get boy/girlfriends 
Is F#mthis your salvation plan?
Is Gthis your salvation plan? 
Oh, there's oAnly one type of love 
It's the Aaugloving kind of love 
But when you're Bmmad at me it's the end of times 
And I'm   Dmad at you all the other times 
[Chorus]
Have I Aever really (Been in Glove) 
I guess I've F#mnever really (Been in Dlove) 
Have I Aever really (Been in lGove) 
Not in the Bmway I'm thinking(Been in Dlove) 
Have I Aever really (Been in Glove) 
I guess I've F#mnever really (Been in Dlove) 
Oh, have I Aever really (Been in Glove) 
No,no I've Enever really (Been in Dlove) 
[Bridge]
   EReal life's a mess 
But at lAeast you're not paying rent 
You've been Dmaking it, maybe even breaking even 
You Bmoughta be contGent 
   EIt doesn't make sense 
You're still Asitting on the fence 
When the Gyard is yours 
And it was F#mmoney well spent D  
A G F#m
A G F#m
A
[Chorus]
And I've Anever read (AmeriGca) 
No I've F#mnever been (AmeriDca) 
I just Anever went (AmeriGca) 
I have Bmnever seen (AmeriDca) 
AAmerica (America) 
AAmerica (America) 
ADemocracy (America) 
ABiographies (America) 
ACivil rights! (AmeriGca), basically
F#mBright lights! (AmeriDca) Living in the city 
ASecond prize (AmeriGca) in a beauty pageant 
F#m200 dollars, (AmeriDca) This is life.
AAmerica! (AmeriGca)
AF#mmerica! (AmeriDca)
This is Aheaven (AmeriGca)
I think that this is Eheaven! (AmeriDca)
This is the plAace (AmeriGca)
This is the plF#mace! (AmeriDca)
This is the plAace! (AmeriGca)
This is the plEace! (AmeriDca)
[Outro]
 G     Cx4

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America Never Been

by Car Seat Headrest

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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Aaug

F#m

[Intro]

[Verse]

A Aaug

You can drive across the whole thing

F#m A

in four days if you really wanted

G F#m

leaving custom thank you notes

A D

in all the houses you ever haunted

A Aaug

in this whole solar system

F#m G

we've only met one type of life

A Aaug

it's the living kind of life

Bm D

and it's not one I recognize

[Chorus]

A G F#m D

America, America

A G Bm D

America, America

A G F#m D

America, America

A G E D

America, America

[Verse]

(bass holds A until „You can spend every …“)

I said "excuse me" to the ocean

Aaug

because I thought I had got in its way

F#m

At first I didn't think it heard me

but then I saw it wave

You can spend every living moment thinking

F#m

How can I get out alive?

But is it really then, can you really call it

Hey man, just shut up and drive

I thought we'd be on the road all night

Aaug

when that ice storm hit in Texas

F#m

and when we pulled into the gas station

It was like a frozen oasis

Oh, sweet mama,

Aaug

does that neon sign shine for me?

Is there a street where my name glows

all through the night?

[Chorus]

A G

And I've never read (America)

F#m D

No I've never been (America)

A G

I just never went (America)

Bm D

I have never seen (America)

A G

And I've never wrote (America)

F#m D

No I've never been (America)

A G

I just never spoke (America)

E D

I just wanna see (America)

[Verse]

(bass holds A until „Is this your salvation plan?“)

All my fantasies are faking orgasms

Aaug

They're only in it for the money I made up for them

F#m

I trade in ideas, opinions and artistry

And my face is on every dollar

This is heaven but heaven is here

F#m

This is heaven but heaven is hard

Because your lover is listening to music you don't know

And you're tangled up in the headphone wires

You know our problems, they don't end

Aaug

Just because we get boy/girlfriends

F#m

Is this your salvation plan?

Oh, there's only one type of love

Aaug

It's the loving kind of love

But when you're mad at me it's the end of times

And I'm mad at you all the other times

[Chorus]

A G

Have I ever really (Been in love)

F#m D

I guess I've never really (Been in love)

A G

Have I ever really (Been in love)

Bm D

Not in the way I'm thinking(Been in love)

A G

Have I ever really (Been in love)

F#m D

I guess I've never really (Been in love)

A G

Oh, have I ever really (Been in love)

E D

No,no I've never really (Been in love)

[Bridge]

Real life's a mess

But at least you're not paying rent

You've been making it, maybe even breaking even

Bm G

You oughta be content

It doesn't make sense

You're still sitting on the fence

When the yard is yours

F#m D

And it was money well spent

A G F#m

[Chorus]

A G

And I've never read (America)

F#m D

No I've never been (America)

A G

I just never went (America)

Bm D

I have never seen (America)

America (America)

Democracy (America)

Biographies (America)

A G

Civil rights! (America), basically

F#m D

Bright lights! (America) Living in the city

A G

Second prize (America) in a beauty pageant

F#m D

200 dollars, (America) This is life.

A G

America! (America)

F#m D

America! (America)

A G

This is heaven (America)

E D

I think that this is heaven! (America)

A G

This is the place (America)

F#m D

This is the place! (America)

A G

This is the place! (America)

E D

This is the place! (America)

[Outro]

G C

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