So American Acoustic chords by Portugal. The Man

Standard Tuning EADGBe


C could also be C/G if you want


Intro:  C  E  C  E


Verse 1:

   C                                      E7
If pain was a color to paint on you, your heart would be the color blue
     Am                                                      D7
Be a gradient from there till your body met your hair, which would remain a silver hue
C                                           E7
You are the one they call Jesus Christ, who didn't know no rock and roll
       Am                                                    D7
Just a mission and a gun to paint rainbows in Vietnam, and a heart that always told you
          F             C              F             C
There's a madness in us all, there's a madness in us all

Chorus 1:

   C                    E7                   Am
So who broke the rules? Who broke the rules? Who broke the rules?
           F                           C                            E7                     Am
They said, every one of you will never try to lend a hand, when the policemen don't understand
C             F                     Am      G
Boys, all you boys, think you're so American
C              F                     Am      G
Girls, all you girls, yeah you're so American


Verse 2:

C                                    E7
He may not be born of this land, but he was born of this world
       Am                                                              D7
He was born of all the mothers and the colors of our brothers, and the love that was taught to
C                                         E7
You by the one they call Jesus Christ, he may not know no rock and roll
      Am                                                           D7
There may not be a heaven or a place of which to send you, but you know in the end
          F             C              F             C
There's a madness in us all, there's a madness in us all
          F             C              F             C
There's a madness in us all, there's a madness in us all


Chorus 2:

   C                    E7                   Am
So who broke the rules? Who broke the rules? Who broke the rules?
           F                           C                            E7                     Am
They said, every one of you will never try to lend a hand, when the policemen don't understand
C             F                     Am      G
Boys, all you boys, think you're so American
C              F                     Am      G
Girls, all you girls, yeah you're so American


Bridge 1:

        F                  C                       E                                 Am  G
There's two eyes for every one of us, but somebody got there first and took them all
        F                  C                       E                                 Am  G
There's two eyes for every one of us, but somebody got there first and took them all


Chorus 3:

C       E7           Am
F       C            E7                Am

C       F                      Am      G
Man, oh man, you think it's so American
C       F                   Am      G
Man, oh man, yeah you're so American
C       F                      Am      G
Man, oh man, you think it's so American
C       F                   Am      G
Man, oh man, yeah you're so American


Bridge 2:

        F                  C                       E                                 Am  G
There's two eyes for every one of us, but somebody got there first and took them all
        F                  C                       E                                 Am  G
There's two eyes for every one of us, but somebody got there first and took them all