The Castellows - Miss America (Lyrics and Chords)

The Castellows Miss America

These are the lyrics and chords to a great unreleased song from The Castellows, played live on their debut EP "A Little Goes a Long Way" tour. A great metaphor and future hit song no doubt. There are a couple guesses/gaps in the lyrics - please email beachdust@gmail.com for corrections - thank you!














[Intro]
C                       F

[Verse]
C                                                                   F
She was some kinda of renegade born on a summer day, fireworks in her
C                                                                          F
eyes. She was wild child, seventeen growin' up evergreen, headed west for the big sky
C                                               F
Little brown-eyed blue jean baby in a pink house pretty as a daisy
C                                                                      F
She got a rocky mountain high and left a few roots behind, but I miss

[Chorus]
C                              F
America, on the front porch, before she ever had to lock her doors, and she was
Am            G                  F
still outspoken. Back before her heart got broken. I miss
C                                                     F
America, bare feet in the dirt, John 3:16, wasn't scared to work and they
Am                     G                          F
all dreamed of her. She's mine and I still love her. But I miss
C                                                     F
America.

[Verse]
C                                                         F
Ya I can see her with her hair down, walkin' through my home town, after a football
C                                                                              F
game. I can hear her in a hay field singin' with the whipper wills, and I kinda hate the way
C                                                      F
She ran away and got a little bit older. Had a big city chip on her
C                                                               F
shoulder. That ain't the way that she was raised. What can I say? I miss

[Chorus]
C                                                 F
America, on the front porch, before she ever had to lock her doors, and she was
Am                G                           F
still outspoken. Back before her heart got broken. I miss
C                                                      F
America, bare feet in the dirt, John 3:16, wasn't scared to work and they
Am                     G                         F
all dreamed of her. She's mine and I still love her. But I miss
C                                                    F
America

[Break]
NC
She was some kinda of renegade born on a summer day. But I miss

[Chorus]
C                                               F
America, on the front porch, before she ever had to lock her doors, and she was
Am                 G                          F
still outspoken. Back before her heart got broken. I miss
C                                                       F
America, bare feet in the dirt, John 3:16, wasn't scared to work and they
Am                     G                          F
all dreamed of her. She's mine and I still love her. But I miss
C                                  F
America

[Outro]
                    C             F                              C                 F
Ya I miss America.                  Ya I miss America
C                  F

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Thanks to Chuck Pickelsimer for recording the live performance of this gem at The Barrel House Ballroom in Chattanooga, TN. Friday, March 8th, 2024: 

I got a chance to play a verse and chorus at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland in their jam studio! : https://youtu.be/V-9CDLoObVA