An American Boy chords by Eliza Gilkyson

Chords with lyrics

Eliza Gilkyson - An American Boy


INTRO: C majorC FF C majorC G+G C majorC

            FF    C majorC   G+G
I posted pictures on my Facebook site
           C majorC     FF   C majorC
A augmentedA shooting star in a long dark night
             G+G    A minorAm
A augmentedA lonely kid beneath the basement light
   FF       A minorAm   C majorC
With thunder in his hands


             FF    C majorC   G+G
My parents wonder if I'm doing alright
            C majorC     FF   C majorC
They keep the gun case locked up tight
           G+G       A minorAm  FF
With the key hanging there in plain sight
        A minorAm   FF
While I make my plans

             C majorC   G+G
It won't be long before I come undone
             C majorC    FF
There's no tomorrow for a wayward son
                  C majorC     G+G
What will they say then 'bout their pride and joy
       FF     A minorAm  C majorC
Their American boy?


                FF       C majorC  G+G
It's not the world they always said it would be
            C majorC     FF  C majorC
A augmentedA shining pearl waiting there for me
            G+G    A minorAm
A augmentedA golden girl who would care for me
 FF       A minorAm   C majorC
A augmentedA future I could own


                FF    C majorC  G+G
They messed my mind with every kind of med
          C majorC   FF  C majorC
Now voices whisper in my head
             G+G     A minorAm
Telling me softly I'll be better off dead
  FF       A minorAm  FF
But I'm not going alone

             C majorC   G+G
It won't be long before I come undone
              C majorC    FF
I'm gonna blow my world to kingdom come
             C majorC     G+G
Once I was someone's only pride and joy
     FF       A minorAm   C majorC
An American boy, American boy


INSTRUMENTAL: C majorC FF C majorC G+G C majorC  G+G A minorAm FF A minorAm FF


              C majorC    G+G
It won't be long before my time has come
             C majorC     FF
I won't be sorry for this thing I've done
              C majorC    G+G
Maybe somewhere there's everlasting joy
       FF       A minorAm   C majorC
For an American boy, American boy


              FF    C majorC   G+G
I built a bomb down in the basement light
           C majorC    FF   C majorC
Went to the prom on a Saturday night
              G+G     A minorAm   FF
I didn't blow it 'cause the time's not right
         A minorAm
But it's close at hand