American Music
Violent FemmesVersion1
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{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}I want you to hold me, I want your arms around meI want you to hold me, babyDid you do too many drugs? I did too many drugsDid you do too many drugs too, babyI need a date to the prom, would you like to come alongNobody will go to the prom with me, babyThey didn't like American music, they never heard American musicThey didn't know the music was in my soul, babyYou were born too soon, I was born too lateBut every time I look at that ugly lake, It reminds me of meeeeOh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh{D'you like American music? (We like American music)I like American music (Baaaabyyyyy)D'you like American music (We like all kinds of music)But I like American music best (Baaaabyyyy)You were born too late, I was born too lateBut every time I look at that ugly lake, it reminds me of me
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Arrangement source for American Music by Violent Femmes
{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
[C]Do you like Am[F]erican [G]music? I[C] like Am[F]erican [G]music
[C]Don't you like A[F]merican m[G]usic, b[C]aaaa[F]byyy[G]y[etc...]
I want you to hold me, I want your arms around me
I want you to hold me, baby
Did you do too many drugs? I did too many drugs
Did you do too many drugs too, baby
You were [Am]born too late, I was b[E]orn too soon
[F]Every time I look at that [G]ugly moon
It reminds me of [C]you, it re[F]minds me of y[C]ou
[A]Oh-[G]oh, [A]oh-[G]oh, [A]oh-[G]oh
I need a date to the prom, would you like to come along
Nobody will go to the prom with me, baby
They didn't like American music, they never heard American music
They didn't know the music was in my soul, baby
You were born too soon, I was born too late
But every time I look at that ugly lake, It reminds me of meeee
(d'you like [F]American music) It reminds me of [C]meeee
(d'you like [F]American music) It reminds me of [C]meeee
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
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[C]
[A] cappella:}
D'you like American music? (We like American music)
I like American music (Baaaabyyyyy)
D'you like American music (We like all kinds of music)
But I like American music best (Baaaabyyyy)
You were born too late, I was born too late
But every time I look at that ugly lake, it reminds me of meThe chord source is shown as supplied because its ChordPro syntax could not be parsed.