Intro: G Cadd9 (2x) Verse 1: G Cadd9 Got a one-way ticket down a two way street G Cadd9 Got the wind in my hair and there's dust on my feet Em7 I'm just trying C To make it in America G Verse 2: (G) Cadd9 Only thing to my name is an old t-shirt G Cadd9 Faded nine-teen eighty-five from a Stones concert Em7 And I'm dying C To make it in America G Pre-Chorus: G Cadd9 And I'm singing the words to my favourite song G Cadd9 With the rag-top down and my glasses on Em7 and I'm driving C Straight through America D G I wanna taste the sun C 'Cause baby, I'm born to run Em D I've gotta feeling that I'm not the only one G C I, I wanna show some skin Em7 'Cause baby, I need the ocean Am7 G You can't stop me now I've got my heart in motion C I, wanna make it in america D (ring out) make it in america Repeat Intro: G Cadd9 G Cadd9 I can see my star sunset and vine G Cadd9 Gonna carve my name in the Hollywood sign Em7 Yeah I gotta, C gotta make it in America G Cadd9 See me wearin a smile, even if I'm broke G Cadd9 I'll be singing the words from a song I wrote Em7 And I called C it make it in America D G I wanna taste the sun C 'Cause baby, I'm born to run Em D I've gotta feeling that I'm not the only one G C I, I wanna show some skin Em7 'Cause baby, I need the ocean Am7 G You can't stop me now I've got my heart in motion C I, wanna make it in america D make it in america Chorus Em7 C I can feel the sweat dripping down my face Em7 C I can hear my heart as it starts to race Am7 C Yeah some-times this world's such a lonely place D If I just push on I know that Chorus D G I wanna taste the sun C 'Cause baby, I'm born to run Em D I've gotta feeling that I'm not the only one G C I, I wanna show some skin Em7 'Cause baby, I need the ocean Am7 G You can't stop me now I've got my heart in motion C I, wanna make it in america D make it in america