N.C.
G C C/B
It was the town that made America famous
Am D G The churches full and the kids all gone to hell
GSix traffic lights, and seven cops
C C C/BAnd all the streets kept clean
The supermarket and the drug store and the bars all doin' well
Now they were the folks that made America famous
Am C D GOur local fire department stocked with short-haired volunteers
GAnd on Saturday night, while America boozes
The fire department showed dirty movies
Am C/B Am C/G Am C/GThe lawyer and the grocer seein' their dreams come to life on the movie screen
F D CWhile the plumber hopes that he won't be seen, as he tries to hide his fears
And he wipes away his tears
But somethin's burinin' somewhere
B GDOES ANYBODY CARE?
G C C/B
We were the kids that made America famous
Am D GThe kind of kids that long since drove our parents to despair
We were lazy long-hairs droppin' out
C C C/BLost, confused, and coppin' out
Am DConvinced our futures were in doubt
And tryin' not to care
We lived in the house that made America famous
Am C D GIt was a run-down slum, the shame of all the decent folks in town
GWe're hippies and some welfare cases
Crowded families of cold, black faces
Am C/B AmCramped inside some cracked old boards
C/G Am C/GThe best that we all could afford
But still too fine for the rich landlord to ever tear it down
GAnd we could hear the sound
Bb A
Of somethin' burnin' somewhere
B GIS ANYBODY THERE?
G C C/B
We all lived the life that made America famous
Our cops would make a point to shadow us around our town
G C C C/BAnd we love children put a swastika on the bright red firehouse door
Am D C GAmerica, the beautiful, it makes a body proud
G C C/B
And then came the night that made America famous
Was it carelessness or someone's sick idea of a joke?
G C C C/BIn the tinder-box trap we hippies lived in someone struck a spark
Am C/B AmAt first I thought that I was dreamin'
Then I saw the first flames gleamin'
F DAnd heard the sound of children screamin'
C GComin' through the smoke
Bb A
And somethin's burnin' somewhere
DOES ANYBODY CARE?
Oh, it was the fire that made America famous
Am D GThe sirens wailed and the firemen stumbled sleepin' from their homes
GAnd when the plumber yelled, "C'mon, let's go!"
They saw what was burnin' and said, "Take it slow"
Am"Let 'em sweat a little"
D"They'll never know"
"And besides, we just cleaned the chrome"
N.C. G
Said the plumber, "Then I'm goin' alone"
G
Well he rolled on up in the fire truck
AmAnd raised the ladder to the ledge
While me and my girl and a couple of kids were clinging like bats to the edge
GWe staggered to salvation
C C C/BCollapsed on the street
And I never thought that a fat man's face
C GWould ever look so sweet
G C C/B
I shook his hand in the scene that made America famous
Am D GAnd he smiled from the heart that made America great
We spent the rest of that night in the home of this man that we'd never known before
Am D C GIt's funny; when you get that close, it's kind of hard to hate
G C C/B
I went to sleep with the hope that made America famous
Am C D GI had the kind of a dream that maybe they're still trying to teach in school
O' the America that made America famous
Am C/B AmAnd of the people who just might understand
C/G Am C/GThat how together, yes we can
Create a country better than
DThe one we have made of this land
FWe have the choice
To make each man
DWho dares to dream
DReachin' out his hand
A prophet or just a crazy damn dreamer or a fraud
C GYes, a crazy fraud
Bb A
and somethin's burnin' somewhere
B GDOES ANYBODY CARE?
IS ANYBODY THERE?
GIS ANYBODY THERE????
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