America’s great national pastime

 

      C                                                                    G

1. One of America's great national pastimes is drinking a coke,

     F                        C

    taking a smoke, telling a joke.

      C                                                                    G

    One of America's great national pastimes is playing ball,

    F                         C

    taking it all and thinking so small.

 

                      F                                C

Ah, but the great taste of coke has refreshed players,

       G                           C                   C7

the hot and tired, the weary and the sore,

          F                                C

the great taste of coke has refreshed players,

        G                          G7                  C

the hot and tired, the weary and the sore.

 

      C                                                                     G

2. One of America's great national pastimes is chocolate fudge,

      F                            C

    carrying a grudge, bribing a judge.

       C                                                                  G

    One of America's great national pastimes is poisoning rain,

     F                     C

    acting insane, inflicting pain.

 

+  CHORUS         + C - G - F - C   - G

 

       C                                                                         G

3. One of America's great national pastimes is the worship of speed,

       F                                        C

    planting the seeds, taking more than she needs.

       C                                                                G

    One of America's great national pastime is cutting the grass,

       F                            C

    grabbing some ass, living too fast.  

 

+  CHORUS    + C - G - F - C (2x) …

 

    (The Byrds)