INTRO:
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VERSE:
       A
We're Polaroid pictures in a shoebox
          D
Sons and daughters of the baby boom.
        E
We are needle on the vinyl
       D         E
Intoxicated on Itunes

        A
We are pilgrims and minutemen, pacifists and veterans
       D                     A
Scotch-Irish to the the Carolinas
         E
Sailing New York Harbor
         D                E
All the way through Ellis Island


VERSE:
         A
Colonel Sanders, Southern Granders, Yankee Doodle Danders
      D
Your story, my story, Ole Glory still waves
          E                     D
And we're  pretty as a picture


CHORUS:
E             A                D
The American Fa-a-a-a--a-a-ace


VERSE:
           A
We're the red-headed girl in a Dairy Queen hat
     D
Low-rider with the windows rolled down
        E
Skinny homecoming queen thinks she's too fat
              D                            E
The heart of Saturday night kids rock and rollin' downtown

 A
Atlantic City and the Colorado Ridge
 D
Ode to Billy Joel and the Tallahatchie Bridge
 E
Heartbreak Hotel and Amazing Grace
          D
Ain't we pretty as a picture


CHORUS:
E             A                D
The American Fa-a-a-a--a-a-ace
E
Fa-a-a-a--a-a-ace
              A     E       A  A  D    E    D  E
The American Fa-a-a-a--a-a-ace


VERSE:
           A
We're the grass growed up round a '69 Chevy
       D
We're Born to Be Wild, Petty On The Levy
 E
Holy ghost churches, politicians on perches
 D                        E
Friday night heroes with blood on their jerseys

 A
Tears on a soldier's airline ticket
 D
Eight second ride down in Corpus Christi
 E
Big wheels, big dreams and little league fans
     D
The blood, sweat and tears,
       E              A                     D
Every woman and man, yeah-ah-ah-ah ah-ah-ah


CHORUS:
              E
The American Face
              A  E
The American Face

E             A                  D
The American Fa-a-a-a--a-a-ace (Fa-a-a-a--a-a-ace)
              E
The American Face ((Fa-a-a-a--a-a-ace)

              A   E
The American Face


BDA K:
        A
It's A Road Less Traveled and A Trail of Tears
 D
Route 66 and The Man in the Mirror
      E                   A
We're I Walk the Line and I Have a Dream
          D
We ain't always pretty but it's a
E           (A)
 Beautiful thing.


OUTRO/CHORUS:
A               D
  The American Face
              E
The American Face
 E       A         E
Yeah-ah-ahhh ah-ah-ah

              A
The American Face (yeah-ah-ah-ah ah-ah-ah)
              D
The American Face (yeah-ah-ah-ah ah-ah-ah)
              E
The American Face (yeah-ah-ah-ah ah-ah)
              A
The American Face