C Em
I hopped off the plane at LAX.
Am G
With a dream and my cardigan
C Em
Welcome to the land of fame excess
Em
Here I am for the first time
Am G
Look to my night and I see the Hollywood sign
C Em
This is all so crazy
Am G
Everybody seems so famous
Em
and I'm feelin' kinda home sick
Am G
Too much pressure and the nervous,
Am G
That's when the tai man turned on the radio
Am G
And a Jay-Z song was on
Am G
And a Jay-Z song was on
Am G
And a Jay-Z song was on
Em
They're playing my song.
Am G
And the butterflies fly a-way
C Em
I'm noddin' my head like yeah
Am G
I'm movin' my hips like yeah
Em
They're playing my song.
Am G
I know I'm gonna be okay
CEm Am G
Yeah, it's a party in the USA
C Em Am G
Yeah, it's a party in the USA
C
Red cups and sweaty bodies everywhere
Em
Hands in the air like we don't care
Am
Cause we came to have so much fun now
F
Got somebody here might get some now
C
If you're not ready to go home
Am
Cause we're gonna go all night
F
Til we see the sunlight, alright
C
So la da da da di We like to party
Em
Dancing with you and me
Am
Doing whatever we want
F
This is our house, This is our rules
Am
Can't you see it's we who own the night?
F
Can't you see it's we who bout that life?
Am F
We run things, things don't run we, Don't take nothing from nobody, Yeah, Yeah
C
The truth is bulletproof, there's no foolin' you
Am
I don't dress the same
Em
Me and who you say I was yesterday
F
Have gone our separate ways
C
Left my livin' fast somewhere in the past
Am
'Cause that's for chasin' cars
Em
Turns out open bara lead to broken hearts
C
I know I used to be crazy,
E
I know I used to be fun
Am
You say I used to be wild,
Fm
I say I used to be young
C
You tell me time has done changed me,
Em
That's fine, I've had a good run
Am
I know I used to be crazy
F
That's 'cause I used to be young
Em
They're playing my song.
Am G
I know I'm gonna be okay
Am
I know I used to be crazy
F C
That's ' cause I used to be young