From:  David Wagner (102017.1777@Compuserve.COM)

ONLY IN AMERICA  (JAY AND THE AMERICANS)

This song is on the "Canadian Bacon" soundtrack.  Good luck finding it, though,
because it's never been released.  This was played on the REM Radio Hour on
November 3, 1996.  

Intro:
E (power chord w/ distortion)

E    D   E    D

E              D           E                           D
Only in America, can a guy from anywhere
E                        E                    E                  E7  (020100)
go to sleep a pauper and wake up a millionaire

A              G            A                    G
Only in America, can a kid without a sin
A                             G                        A               A

get a break and maybe grow up to be president

D              A             D                 A
Only in America, land of opportunity, yeah
Bm                                 A                     G                  A
Bm 
could a boy who's nothing be something and be everything

E              D            E                               D
Only in America, can a kid who's washing cars
E                     D                E                             E7
take a giant step and reach right up and touch the stars

A              G             A                                 G
Only in America, would a dream like this come true
A                           G                          A
A
could a guy like me start with nothing and end up like yoooooooooooooooooooooou

Solo:        (see chords in first two parts of song for rhythm guitar --
E...D...A...G...)
          repeat
    /                      \                                       
e--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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B--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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G------1-4-2-1-------------1-4---2-------1------1-2--4----6--4--6--4--6---...
D-2-2-----------4------2-2------------4-------2----------------------------------


D            A               D                   A
Only in America, land of opportunity, yeah
Bm                             A                         G                  A
D
could a boy who's nothing be something and be everything,  be everything

D              A
Only in America
Only in America
Only in America 
Only in America
Only in America
Only in America 
Only in America
Only in America....(fade out)

during that ending there, Peter plays a riff over and over.  it's in the same
area as the solo, pretty much.