tonalidad: F# (forma de los acordes en la tonalidad de D )
Afinación:
E A D G B E
Capo en el 4ª traste
[Intro] Bm D G D
[Primeira Parte]
Bm D
Screen door cracked, there's ball game on
G D
Man on a porch singin’ baritone
Bm D
Tan line leads to that gentle place
G D
Between her collarbone and her stone-cold face
( Bm D G D )
[Segunda Parte]
Bm D
Dockhand boys all say goodbye
G D
To the women that they swear are gonna be their wives
Bm D
They'll be gone by the wintertime
G D
And they don't wanna bother with no friend of mine
[Refrão]
Bm A G D
Wet, hot, American nights
A Bm
Shake your body dry under coastline light
Bm A G D
Wet, hot, American nights
A Bm
Snuck our Fords to the shore and drank a bottle bone-dry
A Bm
Snuck our Fords to the shore and drank a bottle bone-dry
[Terceira Parte]
Bm D
Heard David got back from his first tour
G D
But he ain’t the same boy that he was before
Bm D
Twenty's too young to nearly die
G D
American boys are a friend of mine
( Bm D G D )
[Quarta Parte]
Bm D
Delco Danny cut a deal with the dealer
G D
That he met out at the Rivers Casino
Bm D
He got caught countin' cards, then them spades broke his heart
G D
Then the Point Breeze boys broke his nose
Bm D
Mary got that job that she wanted out of town
G D
She was better than the sum of all of us anyhow
Bm D
She still stops by whenever she can
G D
She's tougher than my brother with her bad left hand
[Refrão]
Bm A G D
Wet, hot, American nights
A Bm
Shake your body dry under coastline light
Bm A G D
Wet, hot, American nights
Bm A G D
Snuck our Fords to the shore and drank a bottle bone-dry
Bm A G D
Snuck our Fords to the shore and drank a bottle bone-dry
( Bm D G D )
[Final]
Bm D
Screen door cracked, there's ball game on
G D
Man on a porch singin’ baritone
Bm D
Tan line leads to that gentle place
G D
Between her collarbone and her stone-cold face