So American Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
If [C]pain was a
color to paint on you
Your [E]heart would be the color blue
Be a [Am]gradient from there Until
your body met your hair
[D]Which remained a silver

[Verse 2]
[C]You are the one they call Jesus Christ
[Em]Who didn't know no r[E]ock n' roll
Just a mis[Am]sion,
and a gun to paint rainbows in Vietnam
And a [D]heart that always told you

[Verse 3]
There's [F]madness in us [C]all
There's [F]madness in us [C]all

[Verse 4]
So, [C]who wrote the rules?
[E]Who wrote the rules,
[Am]who wrote the rules?

[Verse 5]
They said, [F]every one of you will
never [C]try to lend a hand
When the [E]po lice men don't
[Am]understand
[C]Boys, all you [F]boys,
you think it's so [Am]American[G]
[C]Girls, all you [F]girls, yeah,
you're so American
[Am][G]

[Verse 6]
[C]He may not be born of this land
But [Em]he was born of this wo[E]rld
He was born of [A]all [Am]the mothers and
the colors of our brothers
[A]And [D]the love that was started

[Verse 7]
[C]You are the one they call Jesus Christ
Who [E]may not know no rock n' roll
And there [Am]may not be a Heaven
Or a place of which to send you
But [D]you know in the end

[Verse 8]
There's [F]madness in us [C]all
There's mad[F]ness in us [C]all
There's [F]madness in us [C]all
There's [F]madness in us [C]all

[Verse 9]
So, [C]who wrote the rules?
[E]Who wrote the rules,
[Am]who wrote the rules?

[Verse 10]
They said, [F]every one of you will
never [C]try to lend a hand
When the [E]po lice men don't
[Am]understand
[C]Boys, all [F]you boys,
you think it's so [Am]American[G]
[C]Girls, all [F]you girls,
yeah, you're so [Am]American[G]

[Verse 11]
There's [F]two eyes for every
[C]one of us
But somebody [E]got there first
and took them [Am]all
There's [F]two eyes for every
[C]one of us
But somebody [E]got there first and took them
[Am]all

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 12]
[C]Man, oh [F]man,
you think it's so [Am]American[G]
[C]Man, oh [F]man,
yeah, you're so [Am]American[G]
[C]Man, oh [F]man,
you think it's so [Am]American[G]
[C]Man, oh [F]man,
yeah, you're so [Am]American[G]

[Verse 13]
There's [F]two eyes for every
[C]one of us
But somebody [E]got there first
and took them [Am]all
There's [F]two eyes for every
[C]one of us
But somebody [E]got there
first and took them [Am]all