American Music chords by Violent Femmes

Chords with lyrics

C majorC      FF   G+G    C majorC  FF   G+G
Do you like American Music? I like American Music
C majorC       FF    G+G   C majorC FF G+G
Don't you like American Music, baaaabyyyy
C majorC   FF   G+G    C majorC     FF  G+G
I want you to hold me, I want your arms around me
C majorC   FF   G+G   CFG
I want you to hold me, baby
C majorC     FF    G+G   C majorC  FF    G+G
Did you do too many drugs? I did too many drugs
C majorC     FF    G+G  C majorC  FG
Did you do too many drugs too, baby?
     A minorAm          E MajorE
You were born too late, I was born too soon
FF            G+G
Every time I look at that ugly moon
         C majorC    FF      C majorC
It reminds me of you, it reminds me of you
A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA G+G
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
C majorC    FF     G+G  C majorC        FF  G+G
I need a date to the prom, would you like to come along
C majorC     FF    G+G    C majorC FG
Nobody will go to the prom with me, baby
C majorC        FF   G+G   C majorC        FF    G+G
They didn't like American Music, they never heard American Music
C majorC          FF    G+G  C majorC  FG
They didn't know the music was in my soul, baby
     A minorAm          E MajorE
You were born too soon, I was born too late
  FF            G+G       FF      C majorC
But every time I look at that ugly lake, It reminds me of meeee
      FF                C majorC
(d'you like American Music) It reminds me of meeee
      FF                C majorC
(d'you like American Music) It reminds me of meeee
A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA G+G
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh

{sot}
SOLO (At end, bend G+G to A, then hit and release back to G+G):
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--2---------0-2----22-22-33-2-0--2--------0-2-0------------------|
---3-33-3-3-----------------------3-33-33-------3----------------|
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{eot}

{A cappella}
D'you like American music? (We like American music)
I like American music (Baaaabyyyyy)
D'you like American music (We like all kinds of music)
But I like American music best (Baaaabyyyy)
     A minorAm          E MajorE
You were born too late, I was born too late
  FF            G+G             C majorC
But every time I look at that ugly lake, it reminds me of me
  FF      C majorC
It reminds me of meeee (do you like American Music)
  FF      C majorC
It reminds me of meeee (I can hear the music)
  FF      C majorC
It reminds me of meeee (sweet, sweet music)
{sot}
(F-C repeats, getting more frenetic, and finish)

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