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Four students in the usual light of day |F /Bb7 / |A7 / / / |
Set out to speak their minds about the war |Dm /Db / |Bbm/Db7/ |
Unaware that Eddie Prue was on the way |Ab /Gb / |Bb / / / |
Things had to snap before they knew the score |Ab /Bb / |Eb / / / |
They were driving through mythical America |Ab / / / |Bb / / / |
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A Rooney-Garland show was in the barn |Gm7/ / / |Gm6/ / / |
Fields was at the Pussycat Cafe |C9 / / / |Fmaj7/// |
No-one had even heard of Herman Kahn |Am7/ / / |B7 / / / |
And Jersey Joe was eager for the fray |Em/Fmaj7/|A / / / |
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Four students had to take it in their stride |F /Bb7 / |A7 / / / |
And couldn't feel the road beneath the wheels |Dm /Db / |Bbm/Db7/ |
Of the car they didn't know they rode inside |Ab /Gb / |Bb / / / |
Across the set and through the cardboard hills |Ab /Bb / |Eb / / / |
They were driving through mythical America |Ab / / / |Bb / / / |
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They sold their Studebaker Golden Hawk |Gm7/ / / |Gm6/ / / |
And bought a Nash Ambassador Saloon |C9 / / / |Fmaj7/// |
Bogart said "Even the dead can talk" |Am7/ / / |B7 / / / |
And suddenly the coats were all raccoon |Em/Fmaj7/|A / / / |
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Four students never knew that this was it |F /Bb7 / |A7 / / / |
There isn't much a target needs to know |Dm /Db / |Bbm/Db7/ |
Already Babyface had made the hit |Ab /Gb / |Bb / / / |
And Rosebud was up-ended in the snow |Ab /Bb / |Eb / / / |
They were driving through mythical America |Ab / / / |Bb / / / |
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Gatsby floated broken in the pool |Gm7/ / / |Gm6/ / / |
The Kansas City Seven found a groove |C9 / / / |Fmaj7/// |
Barrymore and Lombard played the fool |Am7/ / / |B7 / / / |
And Cheetah slowly taught John Wayne to move |Em/Fmaj7/|A / / / |
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Four students watched the soldiers load and aim |F /Bb7 / |A7 / / / |
And never tumbled they were on the spot |Dm /Db / |Bbm/Db7/ |
Moose Molloy pulled ten years on a frame |Ab /Gb / |Bb / / / |
The dough was phoney and the car was hot |Ab /Bb / |Eb / / / |
They were driving through mythical America |Ab / / / |Bb / / / |
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Henry Ford paid seven bucks a day |Gm7/ / / |Gm6/ / / |
Rockwell did the covers on the Post |C9 / / / |Fmaj7/// |
FDR set up the TVA |Am7/ / / |B7 / / / |
And the stars rode silver trains from coast to |Em/Fmaj7/|A / / / |
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Four students blinked at ordinary skies |F /Bb7 / |A7 / / / |
But the sunlight came from thousands of motels |Dm /Db / |Bbm/Db7/ |
A highway through the night was in their eyes |Ab /Gb / |Bb / / / |
And waiting at the roadblock, Orson Welles |Ab /Bb / |Eb / / / |
They were driving through mythical America |Ab / / / |Bb / / / |
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Four students never guessed that they were through |Gm7/ / / |Gm6/ / / |
Their history had them covered like a gun |C9 / / / |Fmaj7/// |
It hit them like a bolt out of the blue |Am7/ / / |B7 / / / |
Too quick to grasp and far too late to run |Em/Fmaj7/|A / / / |
They crashed and died together in the sun |G / / / |A / / / |
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They were driving through mythical America |Ab / / / |Bb / / / |
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| Our thanks to Dave Bondy for this chord transcription. Dave has also recreated the complete instrumental score for this song. Download a copy (shift-click) in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. | Free Acrobat PDF Reader |
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