an american boy chords and lyrics - ELIZA GILKYSON

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[Intro 1]
[C][F][C][G][C][F][Csus4][F][C]

[Verse 1]
[F]A s[C]hoo[G]ting
star in a [C]long dark day
[F]'thunder in his hands
A shooting star [C]in a long
dark [G]day[Am]
[F]'thunder in his [Am]hands

[Verse 2]
[C]My parents wonder if I'm doi[F]n' alrig[C]ht
[G]Keepin' the case loc[C]ked up tig[F]ht[C]
With a kid hanging [G]there in plain [Am]sight[F]
While I'm making my [Am]plan[F]

[Verse 3]
Won't be long before [C]the [G]time has come
I will be [C]staying in the hot bath
[F]tub
Baby somewhere there's a [C]lasting [G]joy
An American boy, [F]American boy
[Am]

[Verse 4]
[C]Stop the world, how tha[F]t would be?[C]
[G]Shining pearl waiting the[C]re for me[F][C]
All the girls that [G]care for [Am]me
[F]A future I could [Am]own

[Verse 5]
[C]A p[F]ois[C]ono[G]us whisper in my head[C][F]
[C]Tell them softly I'll be bet[G]ter off dea[Am]d
[F]I'm not gonna go
[Am]

[Verse 6]
[F]
Won't be long [C]before [G]the time has come
I will be [C]staying in [F]the hot
bath tub
Baby somewhere there's a [C]lasting [G]joy
An Americ[F]an boy, Amer[G]ican [Am]boy

[Interlude 1]
[Am][C][F]
[C][G][C][F][C][G][A][Am][F][Am][F]

[Verse 7]
Won't be long before [C]the time has [G]come
I will be staying [C]in the hot bath [F]tub
Baby somewhere there's [C]a lasting [G]joy
An [F]American boy, Amer[G]ic [Am]an boy

[Verse 8]
[C]Hoping to find him in my [F]basement[C]
[G]Waiting the prom on my [C]Saturday nig[F]ht[C]
But [G]the time isn't [Am]right[F]
But it's closer now