B E
It's a part of the act
D#m7
The fifty states
C#m7
Pack up your bags
B
It's never too late
E D#m7
From Alabama to Arkansas
C#m7 B
Follow Alaska, say what you saw
E D#m7
Swim in the ocean, Maryland, Maine
C#m7 B
Then Massachusetts, what a great place
E D#m7
Go to New Hampshire, Missouri too
C#m7 B
It's not Virginia but it will do
[Verse]
B E D#m7 C#m7
Take a drive to Ohio
B E D#m7 C#m7
We went running through the oil
B E D#m7 C#m7
And my favorite avenue
B E D#m7 C#m7
I tried it all my favorite shoes
[Chorus]
B E D#m7
There's Mississippi, Kentucky blue
C#m7
Rhode Island rage
B
And a Tennessee too
E D#m7
See Oklahoma or Michigan
C#m7 B
There's a Nevada, see Washington win.
E D#m7
Or Arizona, Colorado
C#m7 B
Connecticut Yankee, love Ohio.
E D#m7
Louisiana, Delaware who
C#m7 B
Go Minnesota, we're thinking of you.
[Verse]
E D#m7
When we came to Washington
C#m7 B
(When we came to Washington)
E D#m7
We went running through the rain
C#m7 B
(We went running through the rain)
E D#m7
And my favorite city park
C#m7 B
(and his favorite city park)
E D#m7
And my favorite time of day
C#m7 B
(And his favorite time of day)
[Chorus]
E D#m7
Oh California, Wyoming too
C#m7 B
Go to Wisconsin, New Jersey loves you
E D#m7
Fly in to Georgia, Idaho Bay
C#m7 B
Or Indiana, they all seem the same
E D#m7
Florida voting, Montana chew
C#m7 B
Visit Nebraska, there's nothing to do
E D#m7
North Carolina, Oregon arms
C#m7 B
Illinois people, Illinois farms
[Verse]
E D#m7
If I lived in Rhode Island
C#m7 B
(If you lived in Rhode Island)
E D#m7
Or if I lived in Michigan
C#m7 B
(I heard he lived in Michigan)
E D#m7
Or if I lived to be a man
C#m7 B
(or if he lives to be a man).
E D#m7
Will you comfort me again?
C#m7 B
(We will comfort him again.)
[Chorus]
E D#m7
There's West Virginia, gold in Vermont
C#m7 B
Visit Hawaii or New Mexico
E D#m7
Iowa, Texas, take it all in
C#m7 B
The Mormons in Utah, the money in gin
E D#m7
There's Pennsylvania, driving at night
C#m7 B
South Carolina, what a delight
E D#m7
Dakotas and Kansas, piggy and pork
C#m7
Jump on a train,
B
heading back to New York.
[Solo]
B E D#m7 C#m7
Da da da da da da da da da da da da da X4
[Chorus]
B E
It's a part of the act
D#m7
The fifty states
C#m7
Pack up your bags
B
It's never too late x10
[Ad libs during choruses]
(Pack up your bags, bells!)
(Pack up your bags, guitar!)
(Pack up your bags, drum kit!)
(Pack up your bags, snare drum!)
(God bless America)
(Land that I love)
