From: [email protected] (Ken MacFarlane)
Great song from a great album. I saw a request for this a while ago,
So here’s my attempt at it. If anyone can do better, or sees this in
One of the magazines, please let me know so that I can play it better
As well! 🙂
-Ken.
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LOST IN AMERICA — Alice Cooper
Intro: (all power chords)
A A A A G A A G A C
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
A A A A G A
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
Let’s call this Riff A:
A A A A G A G A C
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
And this Riff B: (1 beat pickup)
A C D C A A C D C A
4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
And now, the lyrics (play the riff after each line is sung):
INTRO (intro riff x 2)
VERSE 1:
I ain’t got a girl ‘cuz I ain’t got a car (Riff A)
I ain’t got a car ‘cuz I ain’t got a job (Riff A)
I ain’t got a job ‘cuz I ain’t got a car (Riff A)
So I’m looking for a girl with a job and a car (Riff B)
(play D chord and let ring)
Ah, don’t you know where you are…
CHORUS: (same riff as the intro)
Lost in America, Lost in America, Lost in America, Lost
VERSE 2: (played same as the first)
I got a mom but I ain’t got a dad
My dad’s got a wife but she ain’t my mom
Mom’s looking for a man to be my dad
But I want my mom and dad to be my real mom and dad…
Is that so bad?
D
Oh, I think I’ve been had…
CHORUS x 2
BRIDGE:
(play E chord and let ring, then)
E|-3-0——————0-
B|——-3-0-3—3-0-3—
G|————————
Well, I live at the 7-11
E|-3-0——————-
B|——-3-0-3—3-0——
G|——————-0—
Well, I’m trying to play this guitar
E|-3-0——————0-
B|——-3-0-3—3-0-3—
G|————————
Well, I’m learning «Stairway To Heaven»
E|—————-0——
B|———0-3-0-3———
G|———————0-
‘Cuz heaven’s where you are
SOLO:
(It starts something like E|-5—5-5-5- but that’s all I can figure out.
B|-5—5-5-5- Any help?)
VERSE 3:
I can’t go to school ‘cuz I ain’t got a gun
I ain’t got a gun ‘cuz I ain’t got a job
I ain’t got a job ‘cuz I can’t go to school
So I’m looking for a girl with a gun and a job…
And a house… with cable
D
Don’t you know where you are…
CHOURS x 4
(Then a bunch of alternating A’s and G’s during the «Lost…Lost…Hey
Hey»s, until: )
E|—————3b-not-quite-4~~
B|-5———4——————
G|—6—-5———————
D|——7————————
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