All American Boy chords by Bobby Bare
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Intro 1
(D major) (G major) (A major) (D major)
Verse 1
(D major) Gather 'round, cats,
and I'll (G major) tell you a story
About how (A major) to become an All American (D major) Boy
Buy you a guitar and (G major) put it in tune
You'll be rockin' and
rollin' soon.
Impressin' the girls,
(A major) pickin' hot licks, and all that jazz
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Verse 2
(D major) I-I (A major) bought bought (D major) me a gui (G major) tar a year ago
(A major) Learned how to play in a (D major) day or so
And all around town it was
(G major) well understood
That I was knockin' 'em
out like (A major) Johnny (G major) B. Goode
Hot licks, showin' (A major) off, ah (D major) number one. (A major)
Verse 3
Well , I 'd practice (A major) (D major) all day
and (G major) up into the night
(A major) My papa's hair was (D major) turnin' white
Cause he didn't like (G major) rock'n'roll
He said ""You can stay, (F major) boy,
but that's got (A major) ta go."" (G major)
He's a square,
(A major) he just didn't dig me at all
(D major)
Verse 4
(A major)
So I took (D major) my guitar, (G major) picks and all
And (A major) bid farewell to my (D major) poor ole pa
And I split for Memphis
where they (G major) say all
Them (A major) swingin' cats are
havin' a ball (G major)
Sessions, (A major) hot licks and all, (D major) they dig (A major) me
Verse 5
I was (D major) rockin' and boppin' and
I's a (G major) gettin' the breaks
The (A major) girls all said that I (D major) had what it takes
When up stepped a man with a (G major) big cigar
He said ""come here,
cat--I'm (A major) gonnna (G major) make you a star.""
""I'll put you on Bandstand,
(A major) buy ya a Cadillac, (D major) sign here, kid."" (A major)
Verse 6
I (D major) signed my name and
(G major) became a star
(A major) Havin' a ball with my (D major) guitar
Driving a big long (G major) Cadillac and (A major) fightin'
the girls off ma back (G major)
They just kept a' (A major) comin',
screamin', yeah-they (D major) like it (A major)
Verse 7
So I'd (D major) pick my guitar with
a (G major) great big (G minor) grin
And the (A major) money just kept on (D major) pourin' in
But then one day my Un (G major) cle Sam
He said (sound of (A major) (G major) 3
footsteps) ""Here I am""
""Uncle Sam needs you, boy (A major)
I'm-a gon (D major) na gonna cut your hair
ah-Take this this rifle, kid
Outro 1
Gimme that guitar"" yeah.
(D major) (D major)
All American Boy
Bobby Bare
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