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American Boom

The Wave Pictures
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 The chords are just ,  almost all the way through, except the bridge bits which are just .
October  '97, with the hurricane approaching
 I was in my room
 Kisses, bicycles, glimpses of the sea
 I can recall them vividly
Like  all the first things
 You so comically inaccessible
 Waiting to meet your husband from the train
 x2
We  never  gave a shit about whether we were or weren't hip
 We played in a dust cloud like Pig-Pen in Peanuts
 We played in a dust cloud like Pig-Pen in Peanuts
 x1
And  every letter leaves you bitter
 We're up on the cricket pitch with cracked lips in the middle of winter
Here  comes  the sun, here comes the moon
 Here comes the hurricane, I'm in my room
 American Airlines, American Boom
 She'll be home soon, I'll be in my room
 Here comes the light, she shines like a spoon
 When she comes around I'll be in my room
 I'll be in my room...
There are  no lightbulbs left on the bottom shelf
 I keep leaving you in a muddle, you keep leaving me for someone else
 For someone else...
 C*
 And every letter leaves you bitter
 We're up on the cricket pitch with cracked lips in the middle of winter
Here  comes  the sun, here comes the moon
 Here comes the hurricane, I'm in my room
 American Airlines, American Boom
 She'll be home soon, I'll be in my room
 Here comes the light, she shines like a spoon
 When she comes around I'll be in my room
 I'll be in my room...
 x3

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Readable chord sheet for American Boom by The Wave Pictures

The chords are just [G] [D] [C] [C], almost all the way through, except the bridge bits which are just [C].

[G]Oc[D]to[C]be[C]r '97, with the hurricane approaching
I was in my room
Kisses, bicycles, glimpses of the sea
I can recall them vividly

[C]Like all the first things
You so comically inaccessible
Waiting to meet your husband from the train

[G] [D] [C] [C] x2

[G]We[D] n[C]ev[C]er gave a shit about whether we were or weren't hip
We played in a dust cloud like Pig-Pen in Peanuts
We played in a dust cloud like Pig-Pen in Peanuts
[G] [D] [C] [C] x1

[C]And every letter leaves you bitter
We're up on the cricket pitch with cracked lips in the middle of winter

[G]He[D]re[C] c[C]omes the sun, here comes the moon
Here comes the hurricane, I'm in my room
American Airlines, American Boom
She'll be home soon, I'll be in my room
Here comes the light, she shines like a spoon
When she comes around I'll be in my room
I'll be in my room...

[G]Th[D]er[C]e [C]are no lightbulbs left on the bottom shelf
I keep leaving you in a muddle, you keep leaving me for someone else
For someone else...

C* [this time with your little finger on the 3rd fret of top E]
And every letter leaves you bitter
We're up on the cricket pitch with cracked lips in the middle of winter

[G]He[D]re[C] c[C]omes the sun, here comes the moon
Here comes the hurricane, I'm in my room
American Airlines, American Boom
She'll be home soon, I'll be in my room
Here comes the light, she shines like a spoon
When she comes around I'll be in my room
I'll be in my room...

[G] [D] [C] [G]
[G] [D] [C] [C] x3
[C]    [G]

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