Sugarland – Everyday America (Ukulele)

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Grew up on a tightrope, learned to smile

     C
Even when I was falling down

F           G             C
Daddy had a hard hand and Mama always had hope

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And me and my sister couldn't wait to get out

F       G           C
Fell in love out of college

F    G           C
Good man for the bad year

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Visions of sugarplums and boxes of roses

F                                  G     C
All my girlfriends cried and I was outta here

F     G     C
Oooh, whoa, everybody's dreaming big

F     G     C
Oooh, whoa, but everybody's just getting by

F             G       C
That's how it goes in everyday America

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A little town and a great big life

F    G           C
Joey stares at a trophy

F       G              C
Took us all the way to state back in '85

F         G            C
A shining moment and a dusty reminder

F                                 G       C
He never felt so scared, he never felt so alive

F            G           C
We found his toys in the backyard

F       G               C
Daddy's boys, yeah, you know how they like to fight

F         G         C
When they sleep, he swears they're angels

F                                     G      C
He wouldn't trade a day for all those Friday nights

F     G     C
Oooh, whoa, everybody's dreaming big

F     G     C
Oooh, whoa, but everybody's just getting by

F             G       C
That's how it goes in everyday America

F                   G         C
A little town and a great big life

C F              G C   
    We can laugh,   we can cry

C F                G
    We're all just looking for the reasons why

C F                   G C
    In a place of dark   can we see the light

    F                  G
    Either way it'll be alright

F     G     C
Oooh, whoa, everybody's dreaming big

F     G     C
Oooh, whoa, but everybody's just getting by

F             G       C
That's how it goes in everyday America

F                   G         C
A little town and a great big life

F     G     C
Oooh, whoa, everybody's dreaming big

F     G     C
Oooh, whoa, but everybody's just getting by

F             G       C
That's how it goes in everyday America

F                   G         C
A little town and a great big life

F                   G         C
A little town and a great big life

F                   G         C
A little town and a great big life