Tom: G
"Lost in America" from album "the Last Temptation"
Transcribed by tuomo pirinen (freedam)
b= bend up rb= release bend .= mute chord \= slide down
/= slide up ~~= vibrato = strike note while bent
h= hammer on p= pull-off
Intro: Play this twice
verse
1."I can't get a girl cuz I ain't got a car,
I can't get a car cuz I can't get a job,
I can't get a job cuz I ain't got a car,
So I'm looking for a girl with a job and a car"
2."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 man to be my dad,
but I want my mom and dad to be my real mom and dad"
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"
(Go pre-chorus)
pre-chorus
1." Don't you know where you are"
2." Is that so bad, oh, I think I've been had"
3." And a house whit a cable! don't you know where you are"
chorus (repeat as necesary)
"Lost in america, lost in america, lost in amerika, lost"
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|guitar two
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Bridge
"Well, I live at the 7-11, well, I'm tryin' to play guitar, well, I learning
"Stairway to Heaven", cuz Heaven's where you are"
Solo
(After solo go verse 3.)
End