Just a Story From America - Elliott Murphy ------------------------------------------ vistit wwww.elliottmurphy.com Intro: C - G - Am - F (barred chords) or C - Em - Am - F (open chords) Lead (with harmonist pedal (+octave)): e)---8-7--7---------9------8-7--7---------| B)--8---8---10--8-10------8---8---10--8-10| G)-9---------------------9----------------| D)----------------------------------------| A)----------------------------------------| E)----------------------------------------| Verse: C Em Am F Just a story from America C Em Am F He left his job and he looked at her C Em Am F I've had enough he put down his cup C Em Am F And every time she would fill it up Chorus: C When she'd say G Am F Get up when they put you down C G But like a boxer Am F You just spin around C G Am F Your kind of guy is so very few C F Am F Don't ever let them get the best of you Verse: C G Am F And so he's working like a dog each day C G Am F And every week there'd be more overtime pay C G Am F And pretty soon he's got a Cadillac car C G Am F And on the weekends he would drive so far Bridge: Am F And they don't slow down G Am America's such a speedy town Am F Hot clothes high society G He said it never get the best of me Verse: C Em Am F And then he met a girl with hair like the sun C Em Am With social status she was number one C Em Am He left it all and he left downtown C Em Am A little voice follows him around Chorus: C And it'd say G Am F Get up when they put you down C G And like a boxer Am F You just spin around C G Am F Your kind of guy was so very few C F Am F I thought they'd never get the best of you End: C G Am F Just a story of America C G Am F Just a story fro in America C G Am F Just a story of America C G Am F Just a story from America