INTRO C7 Ab7 Bb F/C C C7 Ab7 Bb F/C C Dm6 C/E G7 Dm6 C/E G7 C/E F G7 Ab Bb Cmaj7 VERSE Cmaj7 Gm/C F/C C We heard Richard Nixon say, welcome to the U-S-A G/B Am7 The common sense I sometimes lack Dm7 G7 Has opened up a seismic crack C/E F G We've fallen in and I can't pull back Ab Bb Cmaj7 And I guess we'll have to stay Cmaj7 e------------------ B--1-0------1-0---- G-0----2-0-0----2-0 D2--------2-------- A------------------ [x2] E------------------ VERSE Cmaj7 Gm/C F/C C In open arms we put our trust they put us on a big red bus G/B Am7 Twin spirits soaking up a dream Dm7 G Fuel to feed the press machine C/E F G After years that were long and lean Ab Bb Cmaj7 We're finally on our way CHORUS Bm7 E7 Am Am/G And Richard Nixon's on his knees he's sent so many overseas F G Cmaj7 He'd like to know if you and me could help him in some way F D/F# G E7/G# Am A little camouflage and glue to mask the evil that men do F C/E Bb F A small diversion caused by two, pale kids come to play G Ab7 Bb Cmaj7 And we heard Richard Nixon say "welcome to the U-S-A" VERSE Cmaj7 Gm/C F/C C Neither of us understood the way things ticked in Hollywood G/B Am7 We just loaded in and grabbed the bat Dm7 G7 With little room to swing a cat C/E F G And pretty soon we were where it's at Ab Bb Cmaj7 Or so the papers say Cmaj7 Gm/C F/C C And all around us suntanned teens, beauty like we'd never seen G/B Am7 Our heroes led us by the hand Dm7 G7 Through Brian Wilson's promised land C/E F G Where Disney's God and he commands Ab Bb Cmaj7 Both mice and men to stay CHORUS Bm7 E7 Am Am/G And Richard Nixon's on his knees he's sent so many overseas F G Cmaj7 He'd like to know if you and me could help him in some way F D/F# G E7/G# Am A little camouflage and glue to mask the evil that men do F C/E Bb F A small diversion caused by two, pale kids come to play G Ab7 Bb Cmaj7 And we heard Richard Nixon say "welcome to the U-S-A" BRIDGE Eb Bb/D C In a bright red Porsche on Sunset I saw Steve Mcqueen Eb Bb/D C I guess he's just about the coolest guy I've ever seen F D/F# G E7/G# And for you and me that speeding car is how it's going to be Am D/F# G n/c I see no brakes just open road and lots of gasoline VERSE C Gm/C F/C C Oh we heard Richard Nixon say, welcome to the U-S-A G/B Am7 The common sense I sometimes lack Dm7 G7 Has opened up a seismic crack C/E F G7 We've fallen in and I can't pull back VAMP F Pale kids come to play G7 Ab7 Bb Cmaj7 And we heard Richard Nixon say, "I gotta go but you can stay" F Pale kids come to play G7 Ab7 Bb Cmaj7 And we heard Richard Nixon say, "I gotta go but you can stay" OUTRO Gm/C F/C C Gm/C F/C C C7 Ab7 Bb F/C C C7 Ab7 Bb F/C C
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