In America

Downhere

Tom: B

                     F#
Is it better not to look back or
         G#m
should we dust off our journals
                                         B
Stare deep through the feedback for the new day
            F#
Like the distortion has things to say

                  F#
Is it better to ignore it, that
            G#m
these bomb shelters are built of sand
       B
Scoring themes from our views, making movies of tragic news
         F#
Does this helpless picnic have its own Neverland

Chorus
         F#
America never hurts
                 G#m
They say America never cries
                        B
Like no one's lost in America
                   F#
No one's lost in America

              F#
Listening to pink noise, we make
                    G#m
Mirrors out of shop windows
                          B
No one dares to pull the red card,
                                   F#
conscience is scared by truths we'd discard
               F#                    G#m
And now we've Arilius, but soon comes Decious,
             B
and perhaps Constantine is a devil
        F#
Keen on making things easy

Chorus

E                 B       G#m
         Come alive, come alive
E               B          G#m       F#
         Come alive, come alive

                      F#
The prophet's cello's silenced,
                          G#m
If love burns us down to violence
                     B
If the whims of the nations cater
                    F#
elation will we not need a soul to blame?

                      F#
He has to take it all alone
              G#m
Is His move political, a play for the people? No
                     B
He takes one for the little guy
                       G#m
He takes a hit for the little guy

                 F#
They say America never hurts
                  G#m
They say America never cries,
                         B
Like no one's lonely in America
                          F#
Like no one's lonely in America