American Slang chords by The Cadillac Three

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Bm

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
Bm A D  Bm G D


Verse 1:
Bm      A    D
 We are graffiti on a subway train
G          D
Two hands shape of a heart
Bm    A     D
 Lyrics on a Coca-Cola classic can
Bm          D
 Promises whispered in the dark
Bm    D
 We are Hemingway in a dive bar
Bm           D
 I love you in a dead language
Bm     D               Bm
 Progress running through the telephone wires
     G        D
Sneakers hangin' by the laces

Chorus:
      Bm     D
We are the back roads dirty water soul banks
     Bm     G       D
From the city to the country doing our thing, our way
Bm    A      D
Say things that I was gonna say
G       D          Bm    A    D
Freedom of our age we are born and raised on American Slang
     Bm    A    D
Born and raise on American Slang, yeah


Verse 2:
Bm    D
 We are vampires on Hollywood Boulevard
Bm      G          D
 Angels and sinners in our home town streets
Bm    D              Bm
 An autobiography in a sleeve tattoo
      G         D
Our broken hearts that still beat


Chorus:
      Bm     D
We are the back roads dirty water soul banks
     Bm     G       D
From the city to the country doing our thing, our way
Bm    A      D
Say things that I was gonna say
G       D          Bm    A    D
Freedom of our age we are born and raised on American Slang
     Bm    A    D
Born and raise on American Slang, yeah
     G         D
Born and raise on American Slang, yeah


Instrumental:
D   Bm A D   A D  G  D


Bridge:
    A      D
She was Marilyn and Daisy Duke
Bm           D
 He was Dean and DiCaprio
Bm  A      D
Neon turned into LED
G            D
Lost boys all came home singing


Chorus:
      Bm     D
We are the back roads dirty water soul banks
     Bm     G       D
From the city to the country doing our thing, our way
Bm    A      D
Say things that I was gonna say
G       D          Bm    A    D
Freedom of our age we are born and raised on American Slang
     Bm    A    D
Born and raise on American Slang, yeah


Chorus:
      Bm     D
We are the back roads dirty water soul banks
     Bm     G       D
From the city to the country doing our thing, our way
Bm    A      D
Say things that I was gonna say
G       D          Bm    A    D
Freedom of our age we are born and raised on American Slang
     Bm    A    D
Born and raise on American Slang