American Kids

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(Verse)
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double wide quick stop  jack in her cherry  mama and daddy put   cause this is
midnight t-top          coke town           their roots right    where the car
                                            here                 broke down
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yellow dawn school bus  picking us up by a  mtv on the rca       no ac in the vents
kicking up red dust     barbed-wire fence

(Chorus)
        G
we were jesus save me
Bm
blue jean baby
Em          Cadd9
born in the usa
G
trailer park truck stop
Bm
faded little map dots
Em          Cadd9
new york to l.a.
        G
we were teenage dreaming
Bm
front seat lean in
Em                  Cadd9
baby come give me a kiss
G
put me on the cover of the
Bm
rollingstone
       Em
uptown down home
Cadd9
american kids
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   growing up in little  making out on       blowing that smoke   a little messed up
   pink houses           living room         on a saturday night  but we're all alright
                         couches

(Instrumental)
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(Verse)
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baptist church parking  take her home and   making it to second  monday afternoon
lot trying not to get   give her your       base but saying you  at practice
caught                  jacket              went all the way
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   sister's got a       daddy doesn't like  now he's sitting     in the blue bug
   boyfriend                                out back 30 30 in    zapper light
                                            his lap

(Chorus)
        G
we were jesus save me
Bm
blue jean baby
Em          Cadd9
born in the usa
G
trailer park truck stop
Bm
faded little map dots
Em          Cadd9
new york to l.a.
        G
we were teenage dreaming
Bm
front seat lean in
Em                  Cadd9
baby come give me a kiss
G
put me on the cover of the
Bm
rollingstone
       Em
uptown down home
Cadd9
american kids
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   growing up in little  making out on       blowing that smoke   a little messed up
   pink houses           living room         on a saturday night  but we're all alright
                         couches

(Solo)                          
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(Chorus)
        G
we were jesus save me
Bm
blue jean baby
Em          Cadd9
born in the usa
G
trailer park truck stop
Bm
faded little map dots
Em          Cadd9
new york to l.a.
        G
we were teenage dreaming
Bm
front seat lean in
Em                  Cadd9
baby come give me a kiss
G
put me on the cover of the
Bm
rollingstone
       Em
uptown down home
Cadd9
american kids
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   growing up in little  making out on       blowing that smoke   a little messed up
   pink houses           living room         on a saturday night  but we're all alright
                         couches