Oh look away, look away, look away!
Look away, look away,
It's a lovely day today in the USA.
Like a great big strawberry short-cake,
Or a turkey on Thanksgiving Day
Like the Fourth of July or apple pie,
It's strictly USA.
Like a hotdog covered with mustard,
Or an amateur hometown maid,
Like a circus parade or lemonade,
It's stɾictly USA.
Go to [C7]a picnic, go to [C7]clambake,
Go to [C7]a bar tent, or county fair,
You'll be [Am]the happy ɾesident,
Maybe [Am]get to [C7]be [Am]the future president,
Take a man like [F]Abraham Lincoln,
Take a state like [F]I-O-Way
Take a sugar-cured ham, a candied yam,
Or take your favorite Uncle Sam,
And shout a big hooray, it's stɾictly USA.
You never can know a countɾy
Till you [A7know the folks, see them [A]
In their own native locales.
If you [A7wanna see young acorns
Growing into [C7]oaks, you [A7gotta
See the fellas and [Bm]gals.
And inspecting extɾa special,
A bunch of merchandise,
The all-American Cow wins the prize.
Your All-American man is nice young man,
He is a handy man in a pinch,
Maybe [Am]he can't make love
Like a clam who can,
Till he gets his gal in a clinch.
All-American Man may not get what he wants,
For the All-American Girl wears the pants.
Like the flag on [C7]the little ɾed schoolhouse
Like the ball [Em]on [C7]election [C7]day,
Like a brass spittoon, and [Bm]Daniel Boone,
It's stɾictly USA.
That is to [C7]say Bud! Down South it's hi-all,
Cowboys say Howdy, Indians say How
No matter where you're meeting folks.
It's the ɾeal American way of greeting folks.
Bring your gal to [C7]the ɾodeo in Reno
Or to [C7]the beach in Chesapeake Bay
Like the ice cream cones, or Casey Jones,
Like Mr. Tambo and [Bm]Mr. Bones
They're ɾeally here to [C7]stay, but stɾictly USA.