IntroCCadd2/BAmAmG x2
(Play the last Am and G quickly throughout the song)
Verse 1CCadd2/B
I hopped off the plane at LAX
AmAmG
with a dream and my cardigan
CCadd2/BAm
welcome to the land of fame excess (whoa),
AmG
am I gonna fit in?
C
Jumped in the cab,
Cadd2/BAm
Here I am for the first time
AmAmG
Look to the right and I see the Hollywood sign
CCadd2/BAm
This is all so crazy
AmAmG
Everybody seems so famous
Pre-ChorusCCadd2/BAm
My tummy's turnin' and I'm feelin' kinda home sick
AmAmG
Too much pressure and I'm nervous,
CCadd2/B
That's when the taxi man turned on the radio
AmAmG
and a Jay Z song was on
Am (let ring)
and a Jay Z song was on
(no chords)
and a Jay Z song was on
ChorusC
So I put my hands up
Cadd2/B
They’re playing my song,
AmAmG
And the butterflies fly away
CCadd2/B
Noddin’ my head like yea
AmAmG
Movin' my hips like yea
C
I got my hands up,
Cadd2/B
They’re playin my song
AmAmG
I know I'm gonna be ok
CCadd2/BAmAmG
Yea, It's a party in the USACCadd2/BAmAmG
Yea, It's a party in the USA
(Repeat chords from first Verse)
Verse 2
Get to the club in my taxi cab
Everybody's lookin' at me now
Like “who's that chick that's rockin’ kicks?
She gotta be from out of town”
So hard with my girls not around me
Its definitely not a Nashville party
'Cause all I see are stilettos
I guess I never got the memo
Pre-ChorusCCadd2/BAm
My tummy's turnin' and I'm feelin' kinda home sick
AmAmG
Too much pressure and I'm nervous,
CCadd2/B
That's when the taxi man turned on the radio
AmAmG
and a Jay Z song was on
Am (let ring)
and a Jay Z song was on
(no chords)
and a Jay Z song was on
ChorusC
So I put my hands up
Cadd2/B
They’re playing my song,
AmAmG
And the butterflies fly away
CCadd2/B
Noddin’ my head like yea
AmAmG
Movin' my hips like yea
C
I got my hands up,
Cadd2/B
They’re playin my song
AmAmG
I know I'm gonna be ok
CCadd2/BAmAmG
Yea, It's a party in the USACCadd2/BAmAmG
Yea, It's a party in the USABridgeCadd2/BAm
Feel like hoppin' on a flight (on a flight)
Cadd2/BAm
Back to my hometown tonight (town tonight)
Cadd2/BAm
Something stops me every time (every time)
Cadd2/BG
The DJ plays my song and I feel alright
ChorusC
So I put my hands up
Cadd2/B
They’re playing my song,
AmAmG
And the butterflies fly away
CCadd2/B
Noddin’ my head like yea
AmAmG
Movin' my hips like yea
C
I got my hands up,
Cadd2/B
They’re playin my song
AmAmG
I know I'm gonna be ok
CCadd2/BAmAmG
Yea, It's a party in the USACCadd2/BAmAmG
Yea, It's a party in the USAC
So I put my hands up
Cadd2/B
They’re playing my song,
AmAmG
And the butterflies fly away
CCadd2/B
Noddin’ my head like yea
AmAmG
Movin' my hips like yea
C
I got my hands up,
Cadd2/B
They’re playin my song
AmAmG
I know I'm gonna be ok
CCadd2/BAmAmG
Yea, It's a party in the USACCadd2/BAmAmG
Yea, It's a party in the USA
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.