[Intro] (fingerpicking)
   

[Verse 1]
            
What a drag it

    
 is
              
The shape I'm 

  
in
          
Well I go out 

somewhere
             
Then I come ho

      
me again
           
I light a ciga

rette
             
Cause I can't 

       
get no sleep
              
There's nothin

            
g on the TV no

thing on the r

adio
             
That means tha

          
t much to me


[Hook] (strumming, 2 beats each chord)
(        
All my life
             
Watching Ameri

   
ca
             
All my life (c


resc.)
              
There's panic 

        
in America
           
Oh Oh Oh, Oh
              
There's troubl

          
e in America
           
Oh Oh Oh, Oh


[Verse 2] (fingerpicking)
      
Yesterday was 

easy
             
Happiness came

         
 and went
           
I got the movi

e script
             
But I don't kn

            
ow what it mea

nt
           
I light a ciga

rette
             
Cause I can't 

      
get no sleep
              
There's nothin

              
g on the TV, n


othing on the 

radio
             
That means tha

          
t much to me
              
There's nothin

             
g on the TV no

thing on the r

adio
             
That I can bel

     
ieve in


[Hook] (strumming)
           
All my life
             
Watching Ameri

   
ca
           
All my life (c

resc.)
              
There's panic 

        
in America
            
Oh Oh Oh, Oh
              
There's troubl

          
e in America
            
Oh Oh Oh, Oh
              
There's panic 

        
in America
           
Oh Oh Oh, Oh


[Verse 3] (fingerpicking)
      
Yesterday was 

easy
             
Yes I got the 

 
news
             
When you get i

              
t straight, bu

             
t stand up you

            
 just can't lo

se
             
Give you my co

             
nfidence, all 

              
my faith in li


fe

Don't stand me up
       
Don't let me d

own
             
I need you ton

   
ight

(strumming slow cresc.)
           
To hold me, sa

             
y you'll be he

re
           
To hold me, sa

             
y you'll be he

re
           
To hold me, sa

             
y you'll be he

re
           
To hold...

             


[Hook]
           
All my life
             
Watching Ameri

   
ca
           
All my life
              
There's panic 

        
in America
            
Oh Oh Oh, Oh
              
She's just in 

     
America
           
Oh Oh Oh, Oh


[Outro]
        
Tell me how do

                
es it feel
         
Tell me how do

                
es it feel
         
Tell me how do

                
es it feel
         
Tell me how do

                
es it feel

(fingerpick and fade out)