America

[Verso 1] G C G I stood on the wings of America Em C G Patched up and jaded and used C D C The comforting sound of your voice was all that I knew G C G From Belfast we sailed like a runaway Em C G Full steam with nothing to lose G C I'd a stone in my heart and a rip in my sleeve D And it left me confused G C G And the skyscrapers looked like the photographs Em C G Like something I'd seen in my dreams G C D C I've been writing to you as I toss in the dark blue sea G C G When they landed our ship in America Em D G We flooded the streets with our rye G C D G She's the pride of the navy, and you're crazy if you'll pass her by C G D C And oh I hope, oh I hope, oh I hope D G Hope they ain't looking for me Instrumental: G C D G Em C G C D C [Verso 2] G C G I stood on the wings of America Em C G Just patched up and jaded and used C D The comforting sound of your voice, was all that I knew G C G On the day that I walked through the marketplace Em C G There was hardly a cloud in the sky G C D G But the moment I noticed your blue eyes I started to cry C G D C And oh I hope, oh I hope, oh I hope D G Hope they ain't looking for me [Ponte] C G D C Starting again, with nothing but the shirt on my back and the chew in my tin G C D When our vessel sailed on, I was already long, long gone [Verso 3] G C G As we wandered the streets of America Em C G Just patched up and jaded and used C D C And the comforting sound of your voice G was all that I knew Outro: G C D G