[Intro:  ]D (11 measures) 
	G (1 measure) 
	D (4 measures) 
Verse 1 
   
  D	                         G 
A wise man was telling stories to me 
 	  A				       G	D 
about the places he had been to and the things that had seen 
Chorus 
    D					G 
A quiet voice is singing something to me 
   A				   G			D 
An age old song 'bout the brave in this land here of the free, 
        G	  A	    D 
One time one night in America  
Verse 2 
   
  D	 
A lady dressed in white with the man she loves  
					  G 
Standing along the side of their pick up truck 
      D			   G  
A shot rang out in the night 
	  D		     G 
Just when everything seemed right 
	  D		    A	     D 
Another headline written down in America 
Verse 3 
    D 
The guy that lived next door in three o five 
							   G 
took the kids to the park and disappeared 'bout half past nine  
   D		  G	   D	          G 
Who will ever know how much she loved them so 
D		     A		D 
That dark night alone in America 
Chorus 
Verse 4 
D 
Four small boys playing ball in the parking lot 
						 G 
A preacher, a teacher, and the other became a cop 
     D			   G 
A car skidded into the rain 
	   D			  G 
Making the last little one a saint 
D		       A	  D 
One more light goes out in America  
Verse 5 
  D	 
A young girl tosses a coin in the wishing well 
							  G 
She hopes for a heaven while for her there's just this hell 
	D	      G	    D			G 
She gave away her life to become somebody's wife 
  D		A		  D 
Another wish unanswered in America 
*Bridge* 
A 
People having so much faith 
		      G			 D 
Die too soon while all the rest come late 
   A	 
We write a song that no one sings 
				G				A 
On a cold black stone where a lasting peace will finally bring 
Guitar Solo 
A (3 measures) 
G (1 measure) 
D (7 measures) 
G (1 measure) 
D (1/2 measure) 
G (1/2 measure) 
A (1 measure) 
D (1 measure) 
Verse 6 
    D 
The sunlight plays upon my window pane 
					  G 
I wake up to a world that's still the same 
   D			   G 
My father said to be strong 
	D			    G 
That a good man could never do wrong 
       D		   A	      D 
In a dream I had last night in America 
Verse 1 
Chorus 
D         G         A   
  One time one night in America 
D	  G	    A 
  One time one night in America  
Outro:	D (Until fadeout)