The American [Acoustic] chords by Simple Minds

SimplifiedG · Gsus4 · Fsus2 · F · C …

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G
Gsus4
Fsus2
F
C
Bbsus2
Em

Intro 1

Gsus4

Verse 1
Gsus4 
G 
Here comes the wake
Fsus2 
The speed-decade shake
shake
Gsus4 
G 
I see you wake, shake
Fit on those overalls
Gsus4 
F 
Gsus4 
What do you      know about
C 
G 
this world anyway?

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Verse 2

Gsus4

I see a man

Fsus2

With an airfield plan

Gsus4

I caught a boy fall out of the sky

Bbsus2

What do you know about this

Gsus4

world anyway?

Verse 3
G 
Em 
C 
Ameri, Ameri, Ameri,
G 
Ameri, American
Gsus4 
G 
Em 
C 
Ameri, Ameri, Ameri,
G 
Gsus4 
G 
Ameri, American
Em 
C 
Ameri, Ameri, Ameri, Ameri,
G 
Gsus4 
G 
American
Em 
C 
Ameri, Ameri, Ameri, Ameri,
Gsus4 
American
G 

Verse 4
Every time you touch this place
F 
G 
F 
It feels like sin
G 
Every time the handshake starts
The face draws thin
F 
What do you know about this
C 
world anyway?
G 

Verse 5
Here comes the sun
F 
I  see the sun
G 
In here the sun shines so bright
My eyes go blind
F 
What do you know about this
C 
world anyway?
Gsus4 
G 

Verse 6
Em 
C 
Ameri, Ameri, Ameri,
G 
Ameri, American
Gsus4 
G 
Em 
C 
Ameri, Ameri, Ameri,
G 
Gsus4 
G 
Ameri, Americ an
Em 
C 
Ameri, Ameri, Ameri, Ameri,
G 
Gsus4 
G 
American
Em 
C 
Gsus4 
Ameri, Ameri, Ameri, Ameri, American

Interlude 1
Gsus4 
G 
Gsus4 
G 
Gsus4 
G 
Gsus4 
G 
F 
Gsus4 
C 
G 
F 
C 
G 
Gsus4 
C 
Gsus4 
F 
Gsus4 
G 
F 
C 
Gsus4 
G 

Verse 7
Em 
C 
G 
Ameri, Ameri, Ameri, Ameri, American
Gsus4 
G 
Em 
Ameri, Ameri,
C 
G 
Ameri, Ameri, American
Em 
C 
Ameri, Ameri, Ameri, Ameri,
G 
Gsus4 
G 
American
Em 
C 
Ameri, Ameri, Ameri,
G 
Ameri, American
Gsus4 
G 

Verse 8
Em 
Ameri, Ameri,
C 
G 
Ameri, Ameri, American
Em 
C 
Ameri, Ameri, Ameri, Ameri,
G 
Gsus4 
G 
American
Em 
C 
Ameri, Ameri, Ameri,
G 
Ameri, American
Em 
C 
Ameri, Ameri, Ameri, Ameri, American

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