EEEEEEAEE
You set foot in America, one fine October day
EEABB
Sailing into Baltimore, well everything's OK
EEAEE
New buttons on your jacket, shining like they're brand-new dimes
EE | AB | EE
Glistening in the sunlight, blistering my eyes
AAC#mF#F#
When you said that you love me, I knew it wasn't true
EE | AB | EE
I've one hundred unread messages, but not a single note from you
[Verse 2]
F#F#F#F#F#F#BF#F#
You zoomed up to Philly, they'd taught you to make maps
F#F#BC#C#
They commissioned you in piety, and pitied any lapse
F#F#BF#F#
So you stormed into Pittsburgh, and waited for the waters to rise
F#F# | BC# | F#F#
And set sail down the Ohio, with a lost tribe on your mind
BBD#mG#G#
When you said that you love me, I knew it wasn't true
F#F# | BC# | F#F#
I've two hundred unread messages, but not a single note from you
[Verse 3]
G#G#G#G#G#G#C#G#G#
As hurricane Charlie was gathering pace
G#G#C#D#D#
At night instead of eyelids, I saw pictures of your face
G#G#C#G#G#
Smiling in the moonlight, shining in a golden hour
G#G# | C#D# | G#
Bluffing 'round America, seizing every hour
C#C#FmA#A#
When you said that you love me, I knew it wasn't true
G#G# | C#D# | G#G#
I've three hundred unread messages, but not a single note from you
[Verse 4]
A#A#A#A#A#A#D#A#A#
You left olde Kentucky, and sailed to the west
A#A#D#FF
Stopped in Cincinnati, dined with all the best
A#A#D#A#A#
(You) reached the Mississippi, took an oath in New Madrid
A#A# | D#F | A#
Fell into a maiden's arms, malaria on your lips
D#D#GmCC
When you said that you love me, I knew it wasn't true
A#A# | D#F | A#A#
I've four hundred unread messages, but not a single note from you
[Verse 5]
CCCCCCFCC
Up to St Louis, Kaskaskia on the way
CCFGG
Walking through the wilderness, sicker by the day
CCFCC
Imaginary volcanoes, and reptiles crawl around
CC | FG | CC
Your mind was baked just like a cake, as trouble gathered round
FFAmDD
When you said that you love me, I knew it wasn't true
CC | FG | CC
I've five hundred unread messages, but not a single note from you
[Verse 6]
DDDDDDGDD
Defected to the Spanish, you joined the mighty crown
DDGAA
Up the Missouri, flags were coming down
DDGDD
You traded with the Omaha, the Ponca and the Sioux
DD | GA | D
But missed the lost Padoucas, after all the ballyhoo
GGBmEE
When you said that you love me, I knew it wasn't true
DD | GA | DD
I've six hundred unread messages, but not a single note from you
[Verse 7]
EEEEEEAEE
Up with the Mandan, you raised the Spanish flag
EEABB
Survived assassination, worked upon your maps
EEAEE
But the lost tribe was a lost cause, so you cried a silent tear
EE | AB | EE
And fled back to St Louis, to a familiar frontier
AAC#mF#F#
When you said that you love me, I knew it wasn't true
EE | AB | EE
I've seven hundred unread messages, but not a single note from you
[Verse 8]
F#F#F#F#F#F#BF#F#
Down in New Orleans, the church bells did trill
F#F#BC#C#
The body of Don Juan Evans, is staying mighty still
F#F#BF#F#
You annexed North Dakota, you surveyed by the stars
F#F# | BC# | F#F#
But here lies your body, by these disease-ridden bars
BBD#mG#G#
When you said that you love me, I knew it wasn't true
F#F# | BC# | F#F#
I've eight hundred unread messages, but not a single note from you