BmG
MAN: Oh, it's six o'clock and it's time to rock
EmAmEm
And me head is beatin' like a drum
EmGBm
In the cold day light, ah I feel like shite
GCEm
And I can't remember last night's fun
GDG
Then the foreman says, "C'mon now boys
GBmAmC
Stick your fingers down your throat and get to work"
GEmDBm
And I wish to Christ I'd stayed home last night
EmAmEm
Instead of drinkin' in America
EmDBm
Oh, I knock down walls with big iron balls
GEm
And I mix cement by the ton
EmDBm
With me tongue hangin' out for a bottle of stout
CAmEm
Sweatin' bullets in the Brooklyn sun
GDG
Then I think of her up on Kings Bridge Road
GAm
Did she mean what she said last night
EmDBm
Oh, Mammy dear, we're all mad over here
EmAmEm
Livin' in America
EmDBmGEmEmDBm
WOMAN: On me way downtown, I think of that clown
EmAmEm
And the things that he said last night
EmDBm
Did he mean 'em at all or was it just drink talk
BmAmEm
Oh, I must look a terrible sight
GDG
Put me makeup on as I watch the sun
GBmAmC
Rise high over Fordham Road
EmDBm
BOTH: Oh, Mammy dear, we're all mad over here
GAmEm
Livin' in America
EmDBm
WOMAN: Oh, the kids aren't dressed and the house is a mess
AmEm
And the yuppies are networkin' again
EmDG
Kiss their darlin's goodbye, "Oh, we'll be late tonight
GEm
But we should be home by eleven"
GDG
Oh, me little dears dry up your tears
GAmC
BOTH: Your parents are too busy makin' money
EmDBm
Oh, Mammy dear, we're all mad over here
EmAmEm
Livin' in America
CD
MAN: Workin' with the black man, Dominican and Greek
CD
In the snows of January or the drenchin' August heat
EmC
No sick days or benefits and for Christ's sake don't get hurt
EmEm
The quacks over here won't patch you up
Em
Unless they see the bucks upfront
CD
WOMAN: Lookin' after babies from crack of dawn 'til dusk
CD
Changin' dirty nappies and cleanin' up the house
AC
BOTH: Is this what I've been educated for
CD
To wipe the arse of every baby in America?
EmDEmEmEmDBmEmAmEmGDGGAmEmDBmEmAmEmEmDBm
MAN: Now the day is done, take the subway home
EmAmEm
Squashed up like some sardine in a can
EmD
In the Blarney Stone, drink a gallon of foam
AmDEm
'Til I'm feelin' half myself again
GDG
If she comes tonight, I'll ask her outright
GBmAm
Ah, what the hell, nothin' ventured nothin' gained
EmDBm
And if she takes a chance, she might find romance
CAmEmG
Now she's livin' in America
EmD
WOMAN: See him standing there with the ring in his ear
EmEm
And the grin on the side of his face
EmDBm
With the fag in his mouth oh I should watch out
EmEm
For they say that he's a real hard case
GDG
Should I take me chance or say no thanks?
GAmC
BOTH: Ah, what the hell, nothin' ventured nothin' gained
EmDBm
Oh, Mammy dear, we're all mad over here
EmAmEm
Livin' in America
EmD
Oh, Mammy dear, we're all mad over here
GEm
Livin' in America
EmDBm
Oh, Mammy dear, we're all mad over here
CEm
Livin' in America
EmD
Oh, Mammy dear, we're all mad over here
Em
Livin' in America