written by Chick Rains and Michael Martin Murphy
CAPO III
INTRO: G
GEm
Harley didn't have no education
CGD
He could hardly read and write
GEm
He was locked into a dead-end occupation
CD
His future didn't look too bright
CG
He worked 18 years on the assembly line
EmG
Just gettin' by with a little bit of overtime
CGEm
And that could be the end of the story of mine
CD
But it's just the beginnin'
GEm
Late one night while he was workin' graveyard
CGD
Harley got himself this big idea
GEm
All he'd have to do is change one little screw
CD
And save millions of dollars a year
CG
So he worked and he saved 'til he could open his own shop
EmG
Money started rollin' in like it wasn't gonna stop
CGEm
So Harley bought a mountain and built a mansion on top
CD
So the losers could see who was winning
CHORUS:
GCG
Only in America
CDD/F#G
With nothin' but a dream
EmD
Only in America
G
Where every man's a king
GEm
First Harley's daughter Janice found a guru
CGD
She gave him everything she owned
GEm
Then Harley Junior joined some kind of rock band
CD
And walked around all day about half stoned
CG
His wife watched TV all the time 'cause she got bored
EmG
Then one day she found a TV preacher she adored
CGEm
And she gave all of Harley's hard-earned money to the Lord
CGEm
Harley started drinkin' wound up in Betty Ford
CD
To see if he could buy a happy ending
GEm
Then some kid who worked in Harley's factory
CGD
He got himself this big idea
GEm
Figured out how to do it with computers
CD
Drove Harley out of business in a year
CG
Now Harley's back workin' the assembly line
EmG
Just gettin' by with a little bit of overtime
CGEm
But don't count Harley out 'cause he ain't the quittin' kind
CGEm
He stares at that computer with one thing on his mind
CD
How to make them things more user friendly
CHORUS (2x)
G out