All American Boy chords by Bobby Bare

SimplifiedD · G · A · F · Gm

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Intro 1

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

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Verse 2

I-I bought bought me a guitar a year ago

Learned how to play in a day or so

And all around town it was

well understood

That I was knockin' 'em

out like Johnny B. Goode

Hot licks, showin' off, ah number one.

Verse 3
A 
D 
Well , I 'd practice all day
G 
and up into the night
A 
D 
My papa's hair was turnin' white
G 
Cause he didn't like rock'n'roll
F 
He said ""You can stay, boy,
A 
G 
but that's gotta go.""
He's a square,
A 
he just didn't dig me at all
D 

Verse 4
A 
D 
G 
So I took my guitar, picks and all
A 
D 
And bid farewell to my poor ole pa
And I split for Memphis
G 
where they say all
A 
Them swingin' cats are
G 
havin' a ball
A 
D 
A 
Sessions, hot licks and all, they dig me

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

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

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