Lost In America

Words and music by
From the album The Last Temptation (1994)
Transcribed by Ken MacFarlane (ksm@panix.com)

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------------------------