{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1714117,"song":"An American Boy","artist":"Eliza Gilkyson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11361766-an-american-boy-chords-by-eliza-gilkyson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1714117?type=chord","rating":4.65404,"votes":3,"content":"Eliza Gilkyson - An American Boy\r\n\r\n\r\nINTRO: [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  \r\n\r\n[tab]                        [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI posted pictures on my Facebook site[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA shooting star in a long dark night[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA lonely kid beneath the basement light[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith thunder in his hands[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                         [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy parents wonder if I'm doing alright[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey keep the gun case locked up tight[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWith the key hanging there in plain sight[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhile I make my plans[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt won't be long before I come undone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThere's no tomorrow for a wayward son[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhat will they say then 'bout their pride and joy[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTheir American boy?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                               [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's not the world they always said it would be[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA shining pearl waiting there for me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA golden girl who would care for me[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA future I could own[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                               [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey messed my mind with every kind of med[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow voices whisper in my head[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]    \r\nTelling me softly I'll be better off dead[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut I'm not going alone[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt won't be long before I come undone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna blow my world to kingdom come[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOnce I was someone's only pride and joy[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAn American boy, American boy[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nINSTRUMENTAL: [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                           [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt won't be long before my time has come[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI won't be sorry for this thing I've done[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMaybe somewhere there's everlasting joy[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor an American boy, American boy[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                           [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI built a bomb down in the basement light[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWent to the prom on a Saturday night[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI didn't blow it 'cause the time's not right[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nBut it's close at hand[/tab]","plain_text":"Eliza Gilkyson - An American Boy\n\n\nINTRO: C  F C G  C  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nINSTRUMENTAL: C  F C G  C   G Am F  Am  F","chords":["C","F","G","A","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}