F#m -   244222
G -     320033
Em -    022000
A -     x02220
Bm -    x24432
F#/Bb - x143xx


Intro: D  F#m G D  F#m G  D F#m G Em  G A  x2

Guitar 2:
E|------------------------5-3-2h3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
B|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----2h3---------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
G|------------------2-------------|---------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|---------------------------------| (x2)
A|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
                x3


Verse 1:
D                      Bm
  Is this how it was intended? 
                  G
The sunrise over smoke 

stacks in the Midwest
    A
the beauty of this 
               D
abandoned factory
          F#/Bb           Bm
Christmas lights blinking on 
            D
and off all out of time
        G               A
in what used to be your pink 
                         F#/Bb
house dreams of a middle class-


Chorus 1:
 Bm         D
-America I'm trying 
G
to believe in you
Bm              D
  but all these satellites 
    G
and shattered dreams are 
                Em
blocking out my view
                A
Please don't forget 
G       F#m    Em
who you really are
        A
because nothing really
matters when we're gone


Psot Chorus: 
D  F#m G D  F#m G  D F#m G Em  G A 


Verse 2:
D
  Fell in love with 
         Bm
his keno waitress
                    G
They honeymooned in Memphis they 
     A
were married by the drive up window
D         F#/Bb      Bm
  Trailer parks neon signs and 
   D            G
an empty box of Lucky Strikes
A                            F#/Bb
all used up on the dashboard of-


Chorus 2:
  Bm         D
-America I'm trying 
  G
to believe in you
Bm           D
  this world sold its fate 
    G
for parking lots and drunk 
       Em                 A
sincerity Please don't forget 
G       F#m    Em
who you really are
        A
because nothing really 
             F#/Bb
matters when we're-


Bridge:
Bm          D
  You'll be saddened 
            G
to know the train 
tracks you once
walked as a
Bm       D
young boy are now 
G                      F#m
nothing but a graveyard
Em                A
  Please don't forget
     G       F#m    Em
how small we really are
        A
because nothing really
        F#/Bb
matters when we're gone


Interlude: Bm D G   x2
Nothing really matters!!!

Bm D G  F#/Bb Bm D G  A 


Chorus 3:
Bm    D        G
  I'm trying to believe in you (x4)