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
Am        G       
  I gonna  fit in?
          C        
Jumped in  the cab,
              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
           C      
My tummy's  turnin
                      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
            C        
So I put my  hands up
                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
         C        
I got my  hands up
                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
                  Em
Can I get a Hell,   
                     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
             C    
And we can't  stop
             Em    
And we won't   stop
                      Am                  
Can't you see it's we   who own the night?
                      F                   
Can't you see it's we  who bout that life?
             C    
And we can't  stop
       Em          
And we   won't stop
                      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
          F           
And going  way too far
         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
         C        
I got my  hands up
        Em                
They're   playing my song.
       Am          G       
I know   I'm gonna  be okay
       C          
And we  can't stop
       Em          
And we   won't stop
         Am                
I know I   used to be crazy
         F                C        
That's '  cause I used to  be young