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)