American Blood chords by Dead Poet Society

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 3rd
• Difficulty: Beginner

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

Intro:
       G+G
I don't wanna go out tonight
     B minorBm         D MajorD
Find a show on a Saturday night
      G+G
I'd rather stay here and wait
   B minorBm          D MajorD
Sit alone, playing video games
    G+G
I got enough friends
    B minorBm          D MajorD
No one else needs to know my name
       G+G
And yeah, I know my face is aging
     B minorBm        D MajorD
But it's okay, yeah it's okay

PreChorus:
     G+G
But it's so cold

Humanity grows old
        B minorBm         D MajorD
The man in me soaks up American Blood
     G+G
And I'm so scared

That all of my worst fears
         B minorBm          D MajorD
Have followed me out here, I'm mad at myself

Chorus:
         G+G
I try to keep my head up, my head up
        B minorBm           D MajorD
I try to keep myself from feeling this way
           G+G
I'm tired and I'm fucked up, in this rest stop
         B minorBm            D MajorD
It's only in my head but it's not gonna change

Verse:
     G+G
It goes on and on, so electric
    B minorBm         D MajorD
Like a full-fledged panic inside
    G+G
And I know you said, that it's not my fault
     B minorBm            D MajorD
But the truth is just so easy to hide

Chorus:
         G+G
I gotta keep my head up, my head up
        B minorBm          D MajorD
I gotta keep myself from feeling ashamed
          G+G
I'm tired and I'm fucked up and I can't stop
         B minorBm           D MajorD
It's only in my head but it's not gonna change

G+G B minorBm D MajorD x2

Bridge:
      B minorBm
Well, it burns slow

Somewhere inside and nobody knows that I'm here

Stoned
          A augmentedA
Drinking alone and out of control

Chorus:
         G+G
I gotta keep my head up, my head up
        B minorBm          D MajorD
I gotta keep myself from feeling ashamed
          G+G
I'm crying 'cause I'm fucked up, baby I know that
         B minorBm           D MajorD    A augmentedA
It's only in my head but it's not gonna change

G+G B minorBm A augmentedA x2 G+G

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