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Only In America

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Only In America

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Only In America Key BB
Only In America Key CC
Only In America Key C#C#
Only In America Key DD(one step down)
Only In America Key D#D#(half step down)
Only In America Key EE(original key)
Only In America Key FF(half step up)
Only In America Key F#F#(one step up)
Only In America Key GG
Only In America Key G#G#
Only In America Key AA
Only In America Key A#A# 
	  		 
 
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 
|A E B B A E B C  
 
 
 
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) 
 
 
 

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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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|----S--S--------P-------|------------------------|------------------------| 
|--------------------4---|--6---------------------|------------------------| 
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