An American Boy

INTRO: C  F C G  C

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I posted pictures on my Facebook 
 C     G
site
                     C         F  
A shooting star in a long dark 
    C
night
                         G        
A lonely kid beneath the basement 
Am
light
     F              Am     C
With thunder in his hands


                         F    
My parents wonder if I'm doing 
   C     G
alright
                       C        
They keep the gun case locked up 
 F      C
tight
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With the key hanging there in plain
 Am    F
 sight
                Am     F
While I make my plans


                          C   
It won't be long before I come 
   G
undone
                          C       
There's no tomorrow for a wayward 
F
son
What will they say then 'bout their 
C         G
pride and joy
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             F         Am    C
Their American boy?


                               F   
It's not the world they always said
          C   G
 it would be
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A shining pearl waiting there for 
F   C
me
                        G        Am
A golden girl who would care for me
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A future I could own


                               F   
They messed my mind with every kind
    C   G
 of med
                   C     F    C
Now voices whisper in my head
                          G        
Telling me softly I'll be better 
  Am
off dead
    F              Am    F
But I'm not going alone


                          C   
It won't be long before I come 
   G
undone
                           C       
I'm gonna blow my world to kingdom 
F
come
                          C        
Once I was someone's only pride and
 G
 joy
          F             Am      C
An American boy, American boy


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                           C       
It won't be long before my time has
 G
 come
                          C        
I won't be sorry for this thing 
  F
I've done
                            C      
Maybe somewhere there's everlasting
 G
 joy
              F             Am    
For an American boy, American boy
  C



                           F       
I built a bomb down in the basement
 C     G
 light
                      C        F  
Went to the prom on a Saturday 
   C
night
                            G      
I didn't blow it 'cause the time's 
    Am     F
not right
                  Am
But it's close at hand