America - The Story Of A Teenager guitar tab

The Story Of A Teenager

Written by Dan Peek and Gerry Beckley, ©1975

C Fmaj7 Am7 D7 C/G Em7 Dm7 Fm F

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Dm7/G Bb/C Am/C Gm/C Am/D

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C Fmaj7 C

Boy, please don't throw away your life

Fmaj7 Am7

All 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 C

I was alone like the silence in the night

Fmaj7 Am7

I had no home no one close to hold me tight

D7 C/G Em7 Dm7 Fm

But you know there's hope for you,

C

For you

F C

Everywhere I look I see your face

Am7 Em7

Every step I take seems out of place

F D7

You got to be a man to run the race

Dm7

I'm not a hopeless man

Dm7/G C

How can you say I am?

C Fmaj7 C

I was alone like the silence in the night

Fmaj7 Am7

I had no home no one close to hold me tight

D7 C/G Em7 Dm7 Fm

But you know there's hope for you,

C

For you

F C

Everywhere I look I see your face

Am7 Em7

Every step I take seems out of place

F D7

You got to be a man to run the race

Dm7

I'm not a hopeless man

Dm7/G Bb/C Am/C Gm/C Am/D

How can you say I am

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