America – The Story Of A Teenager chords

[Verse 1]

C                 Fmaj7           CBoy, please don't throw away your life
                    Fmaj7               Am7All the joy, please don't end it with a knife
       D7                        C/G  Em7  Dm7  Fm  C'Cause you know there's hope for you

C                    Fmaj7          CI was alone like the silence in the night
                     Fmaj7            Am7I had no home no one close to hold me tight
    D7                        C/G  Em7  Dm7  FmBut you know there's hope for you,
    CFor you

[Chorus]
             F               CEverywhere I look I see your face
             Am7               Em7Every step I take seems out of place
                F              D7You got to be a man to run the race
                   Dm7I'm not a hopeless man
Dm7/G             CHow can you say I am?

[Verse 2]

C                    Fmaj7          CI was alone like the silence in the night
                     Fmaj7            Am7I had no home no one close to hold me tight
    D7                        C/G  Em7  Dm7  FmBut you know there's hope for you,
    CFor you

[Chorus]

             F               CEverywhere I look I see your face
             Am7               Em7Every step I take seems out of place
                F              D7You got to be a man to run the race
                   Dm7I'm not a hopeless man
Dm7/G                Bb/C  Am/C  Gm/C  Am/DHow can you say I am

[Ending]

Bb/C  Am/C  Gm/C  Am/D (repeat and fade)