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So American chords by
Portugal. The Man
Portugal. The Man

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Intro 1
C

E
C

E

Verse 1
C

If pain was a

color to paint on you
E

Your heart would be the color blue
Am

Be a gradient from there Until

your body met your hair
D

Which remained a silver
Verse 2
C

You are the one they call Jesus Christ
Em
E

Who didn't know no rock n' roll
Am

Just a mission,

and a gun to paint rainbows in Vietnam
D

And a heart that always told you
Verse 3
F
C

There's madness in us all
F
C

There's madness in us all
Verse 4
C

So, who wrote the rules?
E

Who wrote the rules,
Am

who wrote the rules?
Verse 5
F

They said, every one of you will
C

never try to lend a hand
E

When the po lice men don't
Am

understand
C
F

Boys, all you boys,
Am
G

you think it's so American
C
F

Girls, all you girls, yeah,

you're so American
Am
G

Verse 6
C

He may not be born of this land
Em
E

But he was born of this world
A
Am

He was born of all the mothers and

the colors of our brothers
A
D

And the love that was started
Verse 7
C

You are the one they call Jesus Christ
E

Who may not know no rock n' roll
Am

And there may not be a Heaven

Or a place of which to send you
D

But you know in the end
Verse 8
F
C

There's madness in us all
F
C

There's madness in us all
F
C

There's madness in us all
F
C

There's madness in us all
Verse 9
C

So, who wrote the rules?
E

Who wrote the rules,
Am

who wrote the rules?
Verse 10
F

They said, every one of you will
C

never try to lend a hand
E

When the po lice men don't
Am

understand
C
F

Boys, all you boys,
Am
G

you think it's so American
C
F

Girls, all you girls,
Am
G

yeah, you're so American
Verse 11
F

There's two eyes for every
C

one of us
E

But somebody got there first
Am

and took them all
F

There's two eyes for every
C

one of us
E

But somebody got there first and took them
Am

all
Interlude 1
F
C
E
Am
F
C
E
Am

Verse 12
C
F

Man, oh man,
Am
G

you think it's so American
C
F

Man, oh man,
Am
G

yeah, you're so American
C
F

Man, oh man,
Am
G

you think it's so American
C
F

Man, oh man,
Am
G

yeah, you're so American
Verse 13
F

There's two eyes for every
C

one of us
E

But somebody got there first
Am

and took them all
F

There's two eyes for every
C

one of us
E

But somebody got there
Am

first and took them all

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  • E

  • Am

  • D

  • Em

  • F

  • G

  • A

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