American Gothic
American Gothic

American Gothic easy guitar chords by David Ackles

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E A D G B E

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  • E

  • Am

  • F#dim

    4

  • G

  • Bdim

  • F

  • Dm

  • Em

  • Fsus4

  • Fm

  • Bb

  • Gm

    3

  • Ebsus4

    6

  • Db

    4

  • Eb

    6

  • Gsus4

  • D

  • Baug

  • Bbm

  • B

    2

  • Gbdim

    4

  • E

  • Am

  • F#dim

    4

  • G

  • Bdim

  • F

  • Dm

  • Em

  • Fsus4

  • Fm

  • Bb

  • Gm

    3

  • Ebsus4

    6

  • Db

    4

  • Eb

    6

  • Gsus4

  • D

  • Baug

  • Bbm

  • B

    2

  • Gbdim

    4
    • Verse 1
    Mrs. 

    Molly 
    Jenkins 
    sells 

    her wares 
    in 
    town 

    Saturdays, 
    in the 
    evening, 

    when the 
    farmhands 
    come around 

    And she 
    sows 
    all 
    their names 

    in her 
    gown 

    Ah, 
    but is 
    she 
    happy? 

    No 
    no no 

    She 
    wants 
    a 
    better 
    home 

    and a better 
    kind 
    of 
    life 

    But 
    how is she 
    going 
    to get 

    the things 
    she 
    wants, 

    The things 
    she need
    s 
    as some 

    poor 
    wretch 
    of a 
    farmer's 
    wife 

    He 
    trades 
    the milk 
    for booze 

    And Molly 
    wants 
    new 
    shoes 

    And as 
    she 
    snuggles 
    down 

    With a stranger 
    in some 

    back 
    of the 
    barroom 
    bed 

    It's 
    much 
    too dark 
    to 
    the see the 
    stranger 

    So 
    she thinks 
    of 
    shoes 
    in
    stead 

    Old 
    Man 
    Horace 
    Jenkins 
    stays 
    at home 

    to tend 
    to his 
    schemes 

    Sends 
    for pictures 
    of black 
    stock
    ings 
    on 

    paper 
    leg
    s 
    with paper 
    seams 
    and 
    he 
    drinks 

    Until 
    he drown
    s in 
    his dreams 

    Ah, 
    but is he 
    happy? 

    No, no, no 

    He wants 
    to 
    be reborn 

    to lead 
    the 
    pious 
    life 

    But how's 
    he going to going 
    shed his 

    boozy dream
    s 
    when he has 
    to 
    bear the cross 
    of 

    A 
    wicked 
    wife 

    She 
    claims to 
    visit 
    shows 

    And 
    he pretends 
    that's where 
    she 
    goes 

    And as 
    he 
    snuggles 
    down 
    to his 
    reading 

    in 
    a half- 
    filled 
    marriage 
    bed 

    He's so 
    ashamed 
    of what 
    he's reading 

    that he 
    gets 
    blind- 
    drunk 
    in
    stead 

    Sunday breakfast 
    with the 

    Jenkins 

    They break the bread 
    and cannot 
    speak 

    She 
    reads the rustling of 
    his paper 

    He reads 
    the way her new 

    shoes squeak

    And pray 
    God to 
    survive 
    one 
    more 
    week 

    Ah, 
    but are they happy? 

    You'd 
    be surprised... 
    between 

    the bed and the 
    booze 
    and the shoes 

    They suffer least 
    who suffer 

    what 
    they choose 

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