NOTE: This song is much easier to play with a
capo on the 2nd fret and transposed to the key of D.
E
Well I don’t know about inflation
A B
Who makes what inflate
E
Each new taste sensation
A B
I don’t know why it rates
C#m
And though in my imagination
G#m A
I’m sure of how I feel
F#m
My present hesitation
C#m B
Is I’m afraid it’s real
E G#m
Sometimes these days it’s hard to choose
A B
The one right road to go
C#m G#m B
But this then is all I’m sure I know
A B
I know when a child is hurting
E E/D# C#m C#m/B
That the silence can be wrong
A B
I know that when old folks are helpless
E E/D# C#m C#m/B
I can’t just pass along
A B
And I know when someone’s hungry
E E/D# C#m C#m/B
I can’t just sing this song
F#m B
And when I hear somebody crying
F#m B C#m C#m/B
I can’t just wonder who that it could be
F#m B
Well I hear somebody crying now
F#m B E
And it sure sounds like America to me
E
Insecurity can beat me darling
A B
But sometimes that’s where I’m at
E
So I hope that you can keep me darling
A B
So that at least I can count on that
C#m
You see some things stir me deeply
G#m A
Though I try to hide from pain
F#m
But wide awake or sleeping
C#m B
Some questions still remain
E G#m
Sometimes these days it’s hard to choose
A B
The one right road to go
C#m G#m B
But this then is all I’m sure I know
A B
I know when a child is hurting
E E/D# C#m C#m/B
That the silence can be wrong
A B
I know that when old folks are helpless
E E/D# C#m C#m/B
I can’t just pass along
A B
And I know when someone’s hungry
E E/D# C#m C#m/B
I can’t just sing this song
F#m B
And when I hear somebody crying
F#m B C#m C#m/B
I can’t just wonder who that it could be
F#m B
Well I hear somebody crying now
F#m B E
And it sure sounds like America to me
E
Sometimes a simple question
A B
Is much better than the truth
E
Sometimes we need our experience
A B
Sometimes we need our youth
C#m
Sometimes the signs pouring out to us
G#m A
That we have lost our way
F#m
Sometimes the times are times that look
C#m B
An awful lot like today
E G#m
Sometimes these days it’s hard to choose
A B
The one right road to go
C#m G#m B
But this then is all I’m sure I know
A B
I know when a child is hurting
E E/D# C#m C#m/B
That the silence can be wrong
A B
I know that when old folks are helpless
E E/D# C#m C#m/B
I can’t just pass along
A B
And I know when someone’s hungry
E E/D# C#m C#m/B
I can’t just sing this song
F#m B
And when I hear somebody crying
F#m B C#m C#m/B
I can’t just wonder who that it could be
F#m B
Well I hear somebody crying now
F#m B E
And it sure sounds like America to me
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