[G]Grew [A]up on a [D]tightrope, [G]learned to [A]smile
Even [D]when I was falling down
[G]Daddy had a [A]hard hand and [D]Mama always had hope
And [G]me and my sister couldn't [A]wait to get [D]out
[G]Fell in [A]love out of [D]college
[G]Good [A]man for the [D]bad year
[G]Visions of [A]sugarplums and [D]boxes of roses
[G]All my girlfriends cried and I was [A]outta [D]here
[G]Oooh, [A]whoa, [D]everybody's dreaming big
[G]Oooh, [A]whoa, [D]but everybody's just getting by
[G]That's how it [A]goes in [D]everyday America
[G]A little town and a [A]great big [D]life[D][G][A][D]
[G]Joey [A]stares at a [D]trophy
[G]Took us [A]all the way to [D]state back in '85
[G]A shining [A]moment and a [D]dusty reminder
[G]He never felt so scared, he never [A]felt so [D]alive
[G]We found his [A]toys in the [D]backyard
[G]Daddy's [A]boys, yeah, you [D]know how they like to fight
[G]When they [A]sleep, he [D]swears they're angels
[G]He wouldn't trade a day for all those [A]Friday [D]nights
[G]Oooh, [A]whoa, [D]everybody's dreaming big
[G]Oooh, [A]whoa, [D]but everybody's just getting by
[G]That's how it [A]goes in [D]everyday America
[G]A little town and a [A]great big [D]life
[D] [G] We can laugh,[A] [D] we can cry
[D] [G] We're all just [A]looking for the reasons why
[D] [G] In a place of dark[A] [D] can we see the light
[G]Either way it'll be[A] alright
[G]Oooh, [A]whoa, [D]everybody's dreaming big
[G]Oooh, [A]whoa, [D]but everybody's just getting by
[G]That's how it [A]goes in [D]everyday America
[G]A little town and a [A]great big [D]life
[G]Oooh, [A]whoa, [D]everybody's dreaming big
[G]Oooh, [A]whoa, [D]but everybody's just getting by
[G]That's how it [A]goes in [D]everyday America
[G]A little town and a [A]great big [D]life
[G]A little town and a [A]great big [D]life
[G]A little town and a [A]great big [D]life
Even [D]when I was falling down
[G]Daddy had a [A]hard hand and [D]Mama always had hope
And [G]me and my sister couldn't [A]wait to get [D]out
[G]Fell in [A]love out of [D]college
[G]Good [A]man for the [D]bad year
[G]Visions of [A]sugarplums and [D]boxes of roses
[G]All my girlfriends cried and I was [A]outta [D]here
[G]Oooh, [A]whoa, [D]everybody's dreaming big
[G]Oooh, [A]whoa, [D]but everybody's just getting by
[G]That's how it [A]goes in [D]everyday America
[G]A little town and a [A]great big [D]life[D][G][A][D]
[G]Joey [A]stares at a [D]trophy
[G]Took us [A]all the way to [D]state back in '85
[G]A shining [A]moment and a [D]dusty reminder
[G]He never felt so scared, he never [A]felt so [D]alive
[G]We found his [A]toys in the [D]backyard
[G]Daddy's [A]boys, yeah, you [D]know how they like to fight
[G]When they [A]sleep, he [D]swears they're angels
[G]He wouldn't trade a day for all those [A]Friday [D]nights
[G]Oooh, [A]whoa, [D]everybody's dreaming big
[G]Oooh, [A]whoa, [D]but everybody's just getting by
[G]That's how it [A]goes in [D]everyday America
[G]A little town and a [A]great big [D]life
[D] [G] We can laugh,[A] [D] we can cry
[D] [G] We're all just [A]looking for the reasons why
[D] [G] In a place of dark[A] [D] can we see the light
[G]Either way it'll be[A] alright
[G]Oooh, [A]whoa, [D]everybody's dreaming big
[G]Oooh, [A]whoa, [D]but everybody's just getting by
[G]That's how it [A]goes in [D]everyday America
[G]A little town and a [A]great big [D]life
[G]Oooh, [A]whoa, [D]everybody's dreaming big
[G]Oooh, [A]whoa, [D]but everybody's just getting by
[G]That's how it [A]goes in [D]everyday America
[G]A little town and a [A]great big [D]life
[G]A little town and a [A]great big [D]life
[G]A little town and a [A]great big [D]life
