American English

tabbed by:   keith clark      
20/6/02
email:       *

Power Chords
B    =799xxx
Abm  =466xxx
E    =022xxx
F#   =244xxx



Intro:
e-------------------------------
B------12--12-------------------
G---------------11--11----------
D-----------------------14--14--
A-------------------------------
E-------------------------------

e|--------- 
B|--------- 
G|--------- 
D|13--13--- 
A|--------- 
E|--------- 


Verse: (is the same as the intro)
e-------------------------------
B------12--12-------------------
G---------------11--11----------
D-----------------------14--14--
A-------------------------------
E-------------------------------

e|--------- 
B|--------- 
G|--------- 
D|13--13--- 
A|--------- 
E|--------- 



B                              
Songs when they're truth are all 
     Abm
dedicated to you
              E                    
In this invisible world I choose to
            B
 live in


B                                 
And if you believe that for now I 
  Abm
understand
                        E
Why words mean so much to you
                        B
They'll never be about you

B
Maybe you're young without youth
             Abm                
Maybe you're old without knowing 
               E
anything's true
                        B
I think you're young without youth

Continues after the ad

Bridge:
e---------------------------------
B---------------------------------
G---------------------------------
D-----8--8--9--9--11--11-9--9-----
A---------------------------------
E---------------------------------

                                    
    Repeat till chorus
F#                      E
Then you contract the American dream
   Abm            F#
You never look up once
F#                      E
You've contracted American dreams
   Abm            F#
I require you to stop and look up.


Chorus:

B                   F#
Sing a song about myself
Abm                  E
Keep singing a song about myself
B           F#        Abm    E
Not some invisible world


Verse: same as before
Constantly searching to find 
something new
But what will you find when you 
think that nothing's true
Maybe it's that nothing is new

So you let me hear songs that were 
written all about you
Because songs weren't written for 
you
They'll never be about you


Bridge 2: same chords as brigde 1
Then you contract the American dream
You never look up once
You've contracted American dreams
You never look up once, so don't 
look up


Chorus:
Sing a song about myself
Keep singing a song about myself
Not some invisible world
Sing a song about myself
Keep singing a song about myself
Not some invisible world


Middle 8:
F#                            E  
I won't tell you what this means,
   Abm               F#
 cause you already know
F#                            E  
I won't tell you what this means,
   Abm               F#
 cause you already know


Chorus:
Sing a song about myself
Keep singing a song about myself
Not some invisible world
Sing a song about myself
Keep singing a song about myself
Not some invisible world
(so you came along and found the 
weak spot that you've always 
wanted…)

Acoustic:
B         F#      Abm      E
B         F#      Abm      

E....................B


Hope this is enough
sorry couldnt work out tab for the 
chorus
please feel free to eamil me with it
 and ill update it cheers