All American Boy chords by Guided By Voices

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse:
D          A                     Bm        Bm/A
I ran half baked with the broken hearts
G           F#m       Em      A
Stealing my way to my shell
              D         A               Bm                Bm/A
Where I could dream and plan for all my broken schemes
          G                F#m           Em       A
Where the rattle of the guitar shakes my brain

Chorus:
Em        A
Shoot me down again
              F#m          Bm
I'm on my way, to a better place to see
              G
Well sing it
     Bm      E
All American boy

Verse:
D          A           Bm        Bm/A
I poured a shot into a paper cup
    G               F#m                 Em    A
And washed down the tears as the Stones played
          D                    A            Bm         Bm/A
A special tune that filled the room of this hollow soul
G               F#m              E     A
Searching for a spark to find my way

Chorus:
E                A
So I just get my head around
               F#m                            Bm
And some folks say it’s not OK, it's just the way
              E         G
You've got to say it

     Bm      E      G
All American boy
     Bm      E      G
All American boy
     Bm      E      G
All American boy
     Bm      E    D    F#m  Bm  Bm/A  G  F#m  E  A  D  F#m  Bm  Bm/A
All American boy
G               F#m         E      A    Em  A  D  A  Bm  Bm/A  G  F#m Em A  D  A  Bm  Bm/A  G  F#m Em A
You got to know, you got to see

Verse:
D          A                     Bm        Bm/A
I ran half baked with the broken hearts
G          F#m        Em      A
Sealing my fate to my shell
              D         A               Bm                Bm/A
Where I could dream and plan for all my broken schemes
          G                F#m           Em       A
Where the rattle of the guitar shakes my brain

Chorus:
Em                           A
Yeah, if I could just get my head around it
             F#m        Bm
And shake it off of me

You’ve got to mean it
     Bm      E      G
All American boy
    Bm      E      G
All American boy
     Bm      E      G
All American boy
     Bm      E      G
All American boy