American Babes chords by Henry Jamison

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

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

🎸 Verse 1:
Dsus2Dsus2         B minorBm
Surpassing strange, to see them on the train
F# minorF#m    G+G    F# minorF#m     G+G
Coming of age and looking for what?

Dsus2Dsus2         B minorBm
American babes, in the wind and the rain
      F# minorF#m     G+G
Where's the milk or the flame
  F# minorF#m     G+G
Or something to trust?

🎸 Chorus:
Dsus2Dsus2 F# minorF#m
All in time
      G+G
Will we see both sides?
      A augmentedA
Will we see both sides?

🎸 Verse 2:
Dsus2Dsus2              B minorBm
I took a whiskey neat and walked out to the street
F# minorF#m     G+G  F# minorF#m     G+G
Where a wild man whistled and swayed

Dsus2Dsus2          B minorBm
And up came a wind, from Paradise blowin' in
   F# minorF#m      G+G      F# minorF#m      G+G
Well that's what I told him and he blessed the day

🎸 Chorus:
Dsus2Dsus2 F# minorF#m
All in time
      G+G
Will we see both sides
      A augmentedA        F# minorF#m    G+G
Will we see both all love's excelling yeah
Dsus2Dsus2 F# minorF#m
All in time
      G+G
Will we see both sides?
      A augmentedA
Will we see both sides?

🎸 Bridge:
             B minorBm
And she's lookin' like a wolf now
              G+G
And the dreaming time ain't over
    B minorBm
And the house is burning down
And the forest leans away
    A augmentedA
I am an American, babe
             B minorBm
And she's lookin' like an angel now
Standing on the roof
          G+G
Saying something I can't make out
           A augmentedA
Oh and she's singin', she's singin'

🎸 Chorus:
Dsus2Dsus2 F# minorF#m
All in time
      G+G
Will we see both sides
      A augmentedA        F# minorF#m    G+G
Will we see both all love's excelling yeah

Dsus2Dsus2 F# minorF#m
All in time
      G+G
Will we see both sides?
      A augmentedA
Will we see both sides?
Dsus2Dsus2 F# minorF#m
All in time
      G+G
Will we see both sides
      A augmentedA        F# minorF#m    G+G
Will we see both all love's excelling yeah

🎸 Outro:
Dsus2Dsus2 F# minorF#m
All in time
      G+G
Will we see both sides?
      A augmentedA
Will we see both sides?