[Intro]
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[Strophe]
G      Bm         Em          Bm 
Nobody ever had a dream round here 
    G              Em             B           Em 
But I don't really mind that it's starting to get to me 
G      Bm             Em          Bm 
Nobody ever pulls the seams round here 
    G              Em             B           Em 
But I don't really mind that it's starting to get to me 
D             Em       Am       G 
I've got this energy beneath my feet 
     C              D              B           C 
Like something underground's gonna come up and carry me 
D             Em          Am         G 
I've got this sentimental heart that beats 
    C              D              B           C 
But I don't really mind that it's starting to get to me
[Refrain]
D       B                 Em 
Now, "Why do you waste my time?" 
       Bm            C        D       G   G/F# 
Is the answer to the question on your mind 
        Em             B         C         D            B 
And I'm sick of all my judges so scared of what they'll find 
      Em              Bm                 C        D        G 
But I know that I can make it as long as somebody takes me home 
      G#m     Am     Am Em Bm 
Every now and then...
[Post-Refrain]
             G             Bm    Em      G  Em Bm 
Oh, have you ever seen the lights? 
         G             Bm    Em      G Em Bm 
Have you ever seen the lights?
[Strophe]
G        Bm           Em        Bm 
I took a shuttle on a shockwave ride 
      G             Em            B          Em 
Where people on the pen pull the trigger for accolade 
G        Bm            Em      Bm 
I took a bullet and I looked inside 
G                  Em         B      Em 
Running through my veins an American masquerade 
D       Em               Am      G 
I still remember Grandma Dixie's wake 
    C             D       B        C 
I'd never really known anybody to die before 
D               Em          Am       G 
Red, white, and blue upon a birthday cake 
   C              D           B         C 
My brother he was born on the Fourth of July and that's
[Refrain]
D       B                    Em 
All, so "Why do you waste my time?" 
       Bm            C        D       G   G/F# 
Is the answer to the question on your mind 
        Em             B         C         D            B 
And I'm sick of all my judges so scared of letting me shine 
      Em              Bm                  C        D        G  G/F#  Em 
But I know that I can make it, as long as somebody takes me home.. 
G#m           Am   Bm                C    D Dsus4 
Every now and then,    Every now and then 
         G Bm  Em Bm    C Am  G     D 
You know I see London,  I see Sam's Town 
G     Bm Em   Bm  C    Am G    D 
Holds my hand and lets my hair down 
G     Bm   Em    Bm    C   Am G    D 
Rolls that world right off my shoulder 
G Bm  Em Bm    C Am G      D    E 
I see London,  I see Sam's Town now