All American Boy chords by
Bobby Bare

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Key: E major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1
E E 
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Gather 'round, cats,
A A 
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and I'll tell you a story
B B 2
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E E 
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About how to become an All American Boy
A A 
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Buy you a guitar and put it in tune
You'll be rockin' and
rollin' soon.
Impressin' the girls,
B B 2
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pickin' hot licks, and all that jazz

Verse 2
E E 
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B B 2
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E E 
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A A 
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I-I bought bought me a guitar a year ago
B B 2
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E E 
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Learned how to play in a day or so
And all around town it was
A A 
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well understood
That I was knockin' 'em
B B 2
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A A 
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out like Johnny B. Goode
B B 2
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E E 
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B B 2
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Hot licks, showin' off, ah number one.

Verse 3
B B 2
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E E 
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Well , I 'd practice all day
A A 
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and up into the night
B B 2
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E E 
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My papa's hair was turnin' white
A A 
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Cause he didn't like rock'n'roll
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He said ""You can stay, boy,
B B 2
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A A 
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but that's gotta go.""
He's a square,
B B 2
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he just didn't dig me at all
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Verse 4
B B 2
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A A 
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So I took my guitar, picks and all
B B 2
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E E 
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And bid farewell to my poor ole pa
And I split for Memphis
A A 
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where they say all
B B 2
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Them swingin' cats are
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havin' a ball
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E E 
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B B 2
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Sessions, hot licks and all, they dig me

Verse 5
E E 
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I was rockin' and boppin' and
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I's a gettin' the breaks
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E E 
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The girls all said that I had what it takes
A A 
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When up stepped a man with a big cigar
He said ""come here,
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A A 
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cat--I'm gonnna make you a star.""
""I'll put you on Bandstand,
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E E 
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B B 2
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buy ya a Cadillac, sign here, kid.""

Verse 6
E E 
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I  signed my name and
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became a star
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E E 
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Havin' a ball with my guitar
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B B 2
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Driving a big long Cadillac and fightin'
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the girls off ma back
B B 2
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They just kept a'comin',
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B B 2
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screamin', yeah-they like it

Verse 7
E E 
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So I'd pick my guitar with
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Am Am 
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a great big grin
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E E 
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And the money just kept on pourin' in
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But then one day my Uncle Sam
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A A 
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He said (sound of 3
footsteps) ""Here I am""
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""Uncle Sam needs you, boy
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I'm-a gonna gonna cut your hair
ah-Take this this rifle, kid