Make It In America Chords
Make It In America by Victoria Justice is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords G, Cadd9, Em7, C, D, Em and Am7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: G Cadd9 (2x)
Verse 1:
G Cadd9
Got a one-way ticket down a two way street
G Cadd9
Got the wind in my hair and there's dust on my feet
Em7
I'm just trying
C
To make it in America
G
Verse 2:
(G) Cadd9
Only thing to my name is an old t-shirt
G Cadd9
Faded nine-teen eighty-five from a Stones concert
Em7
And I'm dying
C
To make it in America
G
Pre-Chorus:
G Cadd9
And I'm singing the words to my favourite song
G Cadd9
With the rag-top down and my glasses on
Em7
and I'm driving
C
Straight through America
D
D G
I wanna taste the sun
C
'Cause baby, I'm born to run
Em D
I've gotta feeling that I'm not the only one
G C
I, I wanna show some skin
Em7
'Cause baby, I need the ocean
Am7 G
You can't stop me now I've got my heart in motion
C
I, wanna make it in america
D (ring out)
make it in america
Repeat intro only once
Repeat verse chords to these lyrics
I can see my star sunset and vine
Gonna carve my name in the Hollywood sign
Yeah I gotta, gotta make it in America
See me wearing a smile even if I'm broke
I'll be singing the words from a song i wrote
And I called it, Make it in America
Chorus
Em7 C
I can feel the sweat dripping down my face
Em7 C
I can hear my heart as it starts to race
Am7 C
Yeah some-times this world's such a lonely place
D
If I just push on I know that
Chorus