Tom: E
E A
I wanna see the states
E B
I wanna see the states
E A
From the foggy Golden Gate to the great Michigan lakes
E B A
I wanna see the states
VERSE ONE
E
Oh, how did you get to this town?
E B
Was it where you were born or did you move around?
E A
California’s got places down south
Fm B
We can lay in the sun on the beach
E A
Drive up the Oregon coast
E A
Its rocky and lighthouses dot it for most of the way
Through to Washington—Cascadian snow
Fm B A
On the tips of Olympian peaks
E B
North to Alaska and we had no fear
E B
We were on to the future, the final frontier
C#m
While in Hawaii they’re probably righteously
B
Surfing the worlds greatest breaks
E A E
But oh, Idaho
A E
Has got the most
B C#m
Respectable
A
Folks we know
E A C#m B
We’ll follow the Rockies & never stop roaming Through Colorado, Montana, Wyoming
A C#m
Down in New Mexico, we’re eating green chilies
F#m B A
We’ll hit the slopes up in Park City, Utah
CHORUS TWO
E A
Well, I wanna see the states
E B
I wanna see the states
E B
From Nevada's Vegas strange to the wicked pines of Maine
E B A E
I wanna see the states
VERSE TWO
E A
Deep down in Texas, there’s bright starry skies
E B
Oklahomians all realize
E C#m
That the sun never sets we’re just spinning around
A B
Spun up to Kansas and clung to the ground
E A
Slipped off the great plain to Southern Missouri
E B
A creek and a sunset with no need to hurry
E A
Just lazily drifting the great Mississippi
E B
Through Tennessee, Arkansas and Kentucky
E C#m
Down to the bayous of Louisiana
A B
Glowing fireflies down in Alabama
A F#m
Lit up your face like you’re next to the moon
A B
South Carolina, we’ll be getting there soon
E A E
But Ohio
A E
Has got the most
F#m
Festivals
B
And swing votes
A C#m
Span Indiana right over the crossroads
A B
In Illinois we had deep dish and hot dogs
A E
Cornhuskers score a Nebraskan point and I
F#m B A
Hear some music from downtown Des Moines Iowa
CHORUS Three
E A
And I wanna see the states
E B
I wanna see the states
E B
From Florida’s southern cays to the Delaware tax rates
E B A
I wanna see the states
E A
I wanna dip my feet into the sand
E B
I wanna dive into the Rio Grande
E B
From the tall Virginian trees to a sultry Georgian breeze
E B A
I wanna see the land
VERSE THDE
E
Fall in New Hampshire
A
We stopped by the woods
E B
With paid parking meters by rogue Robin Hoods
E A
Freedom and unity o’er in Vermont
F#m B
There’s hope in Rhode Island to live how we want
E A
So live how you like but I love Massachusetts
F#m B
New York's got places where we can get loose
E A
It's like everything you ever wanted at once
F#m B
We’ll go upstate, and we can stay there for months
E A
We’ll cut through the forests to Hartford, Connecticut
E A
Can’t help but love famous New Jersey etiquette
C#m A
O’er in DC on the Capitol Hill
F#m B
Historic decisions are being made still
E F#m
The West Virginian mountains are wild and wonderful
E B
North Carolina where autumn is colorful
F#m B
Crabbing in Maryland, hoagies in Harrisburg
A B A
Pennsylvania declared us America
BRIDGE
C#m A
But it's far
C#m A
It's far
C#m
Oh it's far
B
Yeah, it's far between them
F#m
But take it from me
E B
It’s worth all the long car rides to see them
F#m
Just wait till you see
E B
Yosemite or New England
F#m E B A
They’ll make you believe in life, liberty, and freedom
CHORUS FOUR
E A
Well, I wanna see the states
E B
I wanna see the states
E
From the lakes of Minnesota
A
To the North and South Dakotas
E B A
I wanna see the states
E A
I wanna dip my feet into the sand
E B
I wanna dive into the Rio Grande
E
From the Arizona desert
B
To Wisconsin’s snowy weather
E B A
I wanna see the land
E B E
I wanna see the land
