American Spirit chords by Vincent Mason

• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Tuning: Half-step down

Key: D

Intro:

C G/B Am7 C
G/B Am7 F C


Verse 1:
    G/B           Am7     F             C
You can't smoke inside anywhere in this town
     G/B                Am7   F          C
So I stepped out on the patio in between rounds
            G/B           Am7           F             C
Blonde hair, sitting there, cupping her hand around a lighter
           G/B          Am7 F            C
Took a drag, leaned back
singing "Hey Driver"
 G/B Am7
Ooh, ooh
     F              C
That red and yellow pack
 G/B Am7
Ooh, ooh
      F
I was loving that

Chorus:
C G/B     Am7         F         C
 American spirit, her baby blue eyes
    G/B          Am7        F              C
She talked about seeing Tom Petty 'fore he died
 G/B     Am7         F             C
American spirit, she let her heart spill
             G/B        Am7         F                 C
Threw her guitar in her car and she drove to Nashville
  G/B          Am7     F          C
A little raise hell, a little God fearing
    G/B          Am7        F       C     G/B Am7 F C G/B Am7 F
Oh, buddy, I fell for that American Spirit


Verse 2:
C       G/B          Am7         F          C
 Had me wishing that ember would never burn out
     G/B             Am7            F         C
Lost in the back and forth till the moon went down
        G/B              Am7          F                  C
Talking politics and the Dixie Chicks changing their name
        G/B         Am7                F
And how good we all had it back in the day


Chorus:
C G/B     Am7         F         C
 American spirit, her baby blue eyes
    G/B          Am7        F              C
She talked about seeing Tom Petty 'fore he died
 G/B     Am7         F             C
American spirit, she let her heart spill
             G/B        Am7         F                 C
Threw her guitar in her car and she drove to Nashville
  G/B          Am7     F          C
A little raise hell, a little God fearing
    G/B          Am7        F       C     G/B Am7 F C G/B Am7 F
Oh, buddy, I fell for that American Spirit


Bridge:
 G/B Am7
Ooh, ooh
     F              C
That red and yellow pack
 G/B Am7
Ooh, ooh
               F
Brings me back to that


Chorus:
C G/B     Am7         F         C
 American spirit, her baby blue eyes
    G/B          Am7        F              C
She talked about seeing Tom Petty 'fore he died
 G/B     Am7         F             C
American spirit, she let her heart spill
             G/B        Am7         F                 C
Threw her guitar in her car and she drove to Nashville
  G/B          Am7     F          C
A little raise hell, a little God fearing
    G/B          Am7        F       C     G/B Am7
Oh, buddy, I fell for that American Spirit


Outro:
      F       C     G/B Am7
That American Spirit
      F       C     G/B Am7
That American Spirit
      F       C     G/B Am7 F C
That American Spirit