G                      B7  
Two kids from Tacoma in a '72 Nova          
    Em                            C    
No pill and barely old enough to drink    
            G    
Learned the ropes and tested science    
        B7    
Started pentecostal riots    
     Em                                C    
In just five minutes behind the roller-rink    
       Cm    
In the backseat brings    
    
              G    
The American dream on a shoestring    
            C    
First you grow it, then you show it    
              G    
Give a good push just like a Brady    
            D    
Say you'll love them 'till your eighty    
     G    
Too soon to be a mother and father    
           C    
But too late for the alma mater    
             G    
Yeah it's always in the water    
D              G    
Babies makin' babies    
    
          G    
Between diplomas and the diapers    
      B7    
They become couch quarter finders    
Em                           C    
Savin' up for a Maytag microwave    
        G    
Oh but all has been forgiven    
        B7    
On the day the water christened    
    Em                                         C    
The best thing that could have happened by mistake    
    
              G    
The American dream on a shoestring    
            C    
First you grow it, then you show it    
              G    
Give a good push just like a Brady    
            D    
Say you'll love them 'till your eighty    
     G    
Too soon to be a mother and father    
           C    
But too late for the alma mater    
             G    
Yeah it's always in the water    
D              G      D    G   C  G  D
Babies makin' babies     
    
             G    
Well it's a tried and true equation    
             B7    
Maintains a small town population    
      Em                     C    
And turns us all into a family    
    
              G    
The American dream on a shoestring    
            C    
First you grow it, then you show it    
              G    
Give a good push just like a Brady    
            D    
Say you'll love them 'till your eighty    
     G    
Too soon to be a mother and father    
           C    
But too late for the alma mater    
             G    
Yeah it's always in the water    
D              Em      G
Babies makin' babies    
          G    
Yes it's always in the water,    
D              G      B7   Em    C  D  G
Babies makin' babies