American Slang chords by The Cadillac Three

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: B minorBm

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
B minorBm A augmentedA D MajorD  B minorBm G+G D MajorD


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

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


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

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


Instrumental:
D MajorD   B minorBm A augmentedA D MajorD   A augmentedA D MajorD  G+G  D MajorD


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


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


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