All American Alien Boy chords by Ian Hunter

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
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Verse 1:

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Well I packed my bags in the land of rags, 'Cos I don't believe in them dimmo drags

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Don't wanna vote for the left wing, don't wanna vote for the right, I gotta have both to make me fly

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Just a whitey from Blighty heading out west, got my little green card and my bulletproof vest

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Going to old tube city, where the buzz is the best, on down the line, down the line

Interlude:
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Verse 2:

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Well I was born and I was raised. I was schooled and I was fazed

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And I was used and I was dazed, just had to split, 'cos I was crazed

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Well I remember all the good times me and Miller enjoyed, up and down the M1 in some luminous yo-yo toy

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But the future has to change and to change, I've got to destroy

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Oh, look out Lennon, here I come, land ahoy-hoy-hoy

Chorus:

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All American Alien Boy. All American Alien Boy

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All American Alien Boy. All American Alien Boy

Interlude:
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Bridge:

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Don't look down, put your feet on the ground, don't drown in the big aquarium

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Don't walk slow, put on a big show, shove your meat down vegetarians

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Don't get slugged, get mugged, get bugged or, they'll sling you in the jug

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Shove you under some rug, give you some drug, pull out the plug and then

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Verse 3:

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And they're telling me this hamburger's cheaper than the other

And this television's cheaper than the other

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And they're selling me hot dogs cheaper than the other

And these pizzas cheaper than the other

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And I don't understand all this, I'm just an All American Alien Boy

Verse 4:

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And they're telling me rifles are shot in Connecticut

They're telling me pistols are shot in Westchester

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You can get a Saturday night special on Flatbush

On the Bowery, or the Bronx, or on 42nd Street

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And I don't understand all this, being an All American Alien Boy

Verse 5:

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I've got sodium nitrate rotting in my guts, my head's full of ulcers

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I got lungs full of butts, my heart wants a transplant

It thinks that I'm nuts, my logic won't open, my eyes won't shut

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And I'm beginning to dig all this, being an All American Alien Boy

Verse 6:

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And your women are always right, they always know so much more

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'Cos the women came from heaven and the men came outta some store

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And they don't know who they are and they don't know what they're for

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Well I'm an All American Alien Boy, look out Mary Tyler Moore

Chorus:

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All American Alien Boy. All American Alien Boy

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All American Alien Boy. All American Alien Boy

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All American Alien Boy. All American Alien Boy

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All American Alien Boy. All American Alien, All American Alien Boy


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All American Alien Boy. All American Alien Boy

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All American Alien Boy. All American Alien, All American Alien Boy

Verse 7:

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Ten Bears, Two Bears, Standing Bear, Plenty Bear, Old Bear, Brave Bear, Hollow Horn Bear

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Silver Knife, Spotted Tail, Yellow Hand, Red Cloud, rRed Fox, Red Horse, Black Kettle

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White Ghost, White Bull, White Thunder, White Hog, hold on a minute gotta frog in my throat

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Cochise, Alchise, Roman Nose, Geronimo, hold on a minute, more to go

Verse 8:

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Sitting Bull, Tall Bull, Crazy Horse, Short Bull, Low Dog, Red Dog, Yellow Wolf, Low Wolf

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Loco, Victorio, Chato, Little Crow, Dead Eyes, Jak, Taza, and Colorow

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My mouth's exploiting, that's enough of this noise

Outro:

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I guess we're all, All American Alien Boys