an american boy chords by Eliza Gilkyson
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Intro 1
(C major) (F major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (F major) (Csus4) (F major) (C major)
Verse 1
A (F major) (C major) (G major) shooting
star in a (C major) long dark day
(F major) 'thunder in his hands
A shooting star in (C major) a long
dark (G major) day (A minor)
'thunder (F major) in his (A minor) hands
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Verse 2
(C major) My parents wonder if I'm (F major) doin' alright (C major)
(G major) Keepin' the case (C major) locked up tight (F major) (C major)
With a kid hanging (G major) there in plain (A minor) sight (F major)
While I'm making my (A minor) plan (F major)
Verse 3
Won't be long before (C major) the (G major) time has come
I will be (C major) staying in the hot bath
(F major) tub
Baby somewhere there's a last (C major) ing (G major) joy
An American boy, American (F major) boy
(A minor)
Verse 4
(C major) Stop the world, how (F major) that would (C major) be?
(G major) Shining pearl waiting (C major) there for (F major) me (C major)
All the girls that (G major) care for (A minor) me
A future (F major) I could (A minor) own
Verse 5
(C major) A (F major) (C major) (G major) poisonous whisper (C major) in my (F major) head
(C major) Tell them softly I'll be (G major) better off dead (A minor)
(F major) I'm not gonna go
(A minor)
Verse 6
(F major)
Won't be long before (C major) (G major) the time has come
I will be (C major) staying in (F major) the hot
bath tub
Baby somewhere there's a lasting (C major) (G major) joy
An Americ (F major) an boy, Amer (G major) ican (A minor) boy
Interlude 1
(A minor) (C major) (F major)
(C major) (G major) (C major) (F major) (C major) (G major) (A major) (A minor) (F major) (A minor) (F major)
Verse 7
Won't be long before the time (C major) has (G major) come
I will be staying in the (C major) hot bath (F major) tub
Baby somewhere there's a lasting (C major) (G major) joy
An American (F major) boy, Amer (G major) ic (A minor) an boy
Verse 8
(C major) Hoping to find him in my basement (F major) (C major)
(G major) Waiting the prom on my Saturday (C major) (F major) night (C major)
But the time (G major) isn't (A minor) right (F major)
But it's closer now
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