So American chords by Portugal. The Man

Chords with lyrics

The song plays the verse with an E9E9+ chord as the iii in the progression, however you
can play an em and it will sound fine. The am in the verse is played as a barre chord, but
in the chorus it's open.

E9E9+       A minorAm
  --4--    --5--|
  --3--    --5--|
  --0--    --5--|
  --2--    --7--|
  --2--    --7--|
  --0--    --5--|



Intro: C, E minorEm (x2)

  C majorC
If pain was a color to paint on you
   E9E9+
Your heart would be the color blue.
   A minorAm
Be a painting, hung up there til your body met your head.
D MajorD
Which were made of silver.
C majorC
You are the one they call Jesus Christ.
  E9E9+
Who didn't know no rock and roll.
    A minorAm
just a mission made of guns that they give boys in vietnam
D MajorD
But they always told him

     FF     (G+G)C
There's a madness in us all.
     FF     (G+G)C
There's a madness in us all.


  C majorC
So who broke the rules?
E minorEm
Who broke the rules?
A minorAm
Who broke the rules?
     FF              C majorC
They said every one of you will never try to lend a hand
     E minorEm             A minorAm
When the policemen don't understand.
C majorC       FF
Boys, all you boys
        A minorAm     G+G
Think you're so American.
C majorC       FF
Girls, all you girls
        A minorAm     G+G
They're so American.

C majorC
He may not be born of this land
  E9E9+
But he was born of this world.
    A minorAm
He was born of all the mothers
And the colors of our brothers
    D MajorD
And the love that we sent him.

C majorC
You are the one they call Jesus Christ.
  E9E9+
Who didn't know no rock and roll.
   A minorAm
There may not be a heaven,
Or a place in which to send you,
    D MajorD
But you know in the end



     FF     (G+G)C
There's a madness in us all.
     FF     (G+G)C
There's a madness in us all.
(x2)


  C majorC
So who broke the rules?
E minorEm
Who broke the rules?
A minorAm
Who broke the rules?
     FF              C majorC
They said every one of you will never try to lend a hand
     E minorEm              A minorAm
When the policemen don't understand.
C majorC       FF
Boys, all you boys
        A minorAm     G+G
Think you're so American.
C majorC       FF
Girls, all you girls
        A minorAm     G+G
They're so American.


    FF         C majorC
There's two eyes for every one of us
       E minorEm                A minorAm G+G
But somebody got there first and took them all.

C majorC    FF
Man, oh man
        A minorAm     G+G
Think you're so American
C majorC    FF
Man, oh man
        A minorAm     G+G
Think you're so American

    FF         C majorC
There's two eyes for every one of us
       E minorEm                A minorAm G+G
But somebody got there first and took them all.

    FF         C majorC
There's two eyes for every one of us
       E minorEm                A minorAm

Other versions of So American

Alternative guitar chords and tabs for So young by Portugal. The Man