I've seen the other tabs to this song and they're ok... but i think this sounds better :)
Standard Tuning
Capo 6
*[Cadd2/B]: x20010
[Intro] [C] [Cadd2/B] [Am] [Am] [G] x2
(Play the last [Am] and [G] quickly throughout the song)
Verse 1
[C] [Cadd2/B]
I hopped off the plane at LAX
[Am] [Am] [G]
with a dream and my cardigan
[C] [Cadd2/B] [Am]
welcome to the land of fame excess (whoa),
[Am] [G]
am I gonna fit in?
[C]
Jumped in the cab,
[Cadd2/B] [Am]
Here I am for the first time
[Am] [Am] [G]
Look to the right and I see the Hollywood sign
[C] [Cadd2/B] [Am]
This is all so crazy
[Am] [Am] [G]
Everybody seems so famous
Pre-Chorus
[C] [Cadd2/B] [Am]
My tummy's turnin' and I'm feelin' kinda home sick
[Am] [Am] [G]
Too much pressure and I'm nervous,
[C] [Cadd2/B]
That's when the taxi man turned on the radio
[Am] [Am] [G]
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
Chorus
[C]
So I put my hands up
[Cadd2/B]
They’re playing my song,
[Am] [Am] [G]
And the butterflies fly away
[C] [Cadd2/B]
Noddin’ my head like yea
[Am] [Am] [G]
Movin' my hips like yea
[C]
I got my hands up,
[Cadd2/B]
They’re playin my song
[Am] [Am] [G]
I know I'm gonna be ok
[C] [Cadd2/B] [Am] [Am] [G]
Yea, It's a party in the USA
[C] [Cadd2/B] [Am] [Am] [G]
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-Chorus
[C] [Cadd2/B] [Am]
My tummy's turnin' and I'm feelin' kinda home sick
[Am] [Am] [G]
Too much pressure and I'm nervous,
[C] [Cadd2/B]
That's when the taxi man turned on the radio
[Am] [Am] [G]
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
Chorus
[C]
So I put my hands up
[Cadd2/B]
They’re playing my song,
[Am] [Am] [G]
And the butterflies fly away
[C] [Cadd2/B]
Noddin’ my head like yea
[Am] [Am] [G]
Movin' my hips like yea
[C]
I got my hands up,
[Cadd2/B]
They’re playin my song
[Am] [Am] [G]
I know I'm gonna be ok
[C] [Cadd2/B] [Am] [Am] [G]
Yea, It's a party in the USA
[C] [Cadd2/B] [Am] [Am] [G]
Yea, It's a party in the USA
Bridge
[Cadd2/B] [Am]
Feel like hoppin' on a flight (on a flight)
[Cadd2/B] [Am]
Back to my hometown tonight (town tonight)
[Cadd2/B] [Am]
Something stops me every time (every time)
[Cadd2/B] [G]
The DJ plays my song and I feel alright
Chorus
[C]
So I put my hands up
[Cadd2/B]
They’re playing my song,
[Am] [Am] [G]
And the butterflies fly away
[C] [Cadd2/B]
Noddin’ my head like yea
[Am] [Am] [G]
Movin' my hips like yea
[C]
I got my hands up,
[Cadd2/B]
They’re playin my song
[Am] [Am] [G]
I know I'm gonna be ok
[C] [Cadd2/B] [Am] [Am] [G]
Yea, It's a party in the USA
[C] [Cadd2/B] [Am] [Am] [G]
Yea, It's a party in the USA
[C]
So I put my hands up
[Cadd2/B]
They’re playing my song,
[Am] [Am] [G]
And the butterflies fly away
[C] [Cadd2/B]
Noddin’ my head like yea
[Am] [Am] [G]
Movin' my hips like yea
[C]
I got my hands up,
[Cadd2/B]
They’re playin my song
[Am] [Am] [G]
I know I'm gonna be ok
[C] [Cadd2/B] [Am] [Am] [G]
Yea, It's a party in the USA
[C] [Cadd2/B] [Am] [Am] [G]
Yea, It's a party in the USA
