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American Static

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Standard tuning, Capo 4
Chords relative to capo on 4
   Esus4e--0----C/G--0--Cmaj7/G----0---Dsus2---0----|
   B--0------1------0------3----|
   G--2------0------0------2----|
   D--2------2------2------0----|
   A--2------3------3-----------|
   E--0------3------3-----------|
INTRO: x4
   e------3-33-33------|
   B------3-30-00------|
   G------0-00-00------|
   D------0------------|
   A--2-2-2-------0h2--|
   E--3-3-3-------3----|
VERSE:
    Well Emhelp meEsus4,    I need nC/Gicotine and pGatience 
    and sC/Gome sort of saGlvation from a sEsus4avior I cant Emfind
   CEmause we alEsus4l, grow C/Gup to be our faGthers 
   marC/Grying the dauGghters of the mDsus2en we once deDspised
BREAK:
   Em Esus4 C/G G C/G G Esus4 Em
VERSE:
   Well these small town, kids are always running 
   but they cant help from becoming the very thing they fear the most
   And these tattooed girls, though its such a perfect cover 
   but they make such lousy lovers I have found, I have found
CHORUS:
                  G       G  C/    G    C/G          Em       Dsus2   C/GCmaj7/G  
   This American static so automatic five four three two one
                   G      G  C/           G    C/G          Em       Dsus2   C/GCmaj7/G  
   It all seems to only make me more lonely five four three two one
BREAK:
    C/G   C/G   Em   Esus4   C/G   G  C/ G   G   Esus4  Em  
VERSE:
   Now these late nights, quouting Kerouac and Wilde 
   we just use them to revile those who remind us of ourselves
   So call me, when your partys over and 
   Sunday mornings sober has us down has us down
CHORUS (w/o instruments):
   This American static so automatic five four three two one
   It all seems to only make me more lonely five four three two one
       (w/ instruments):
                   G      G  C/     G   C/G          Em       Dsus2   C/GCmaj7/G  
   This American static so automatic five four three two one
                   G      G  C/           G    C/G          Em       Dsus2   C/GCmaj7/G  
   It all seems to only make me more lonely five four three two one
   FEmive four tDsus2hree two oC/GneCmaj7/G  Cmaj7/G  
OUTRO:
    Cmaj7/G    Cmaj7/G     G      G  C/ G  C/G  
   Oh ohhh oh oh    OHH ohhh
   e--0-----------------3--|
   B--0-----------------0--|
   G--0---0---2/4-2-0-2-0--|
   D--2-2---2-0---0-0-0-0--|
   A--2-----------------2--|
   E--0-----------------3--|

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American Static

by Two Cow Garage

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 4 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Esus4

C/G

Cmaj7/G

Dsus2

Standard tuning, Capo 4

Chords relative to capo on 4

Esus4 C/G Cmaj7/G Dsus2

e--0------0------0------0----|

B--0------1------0------3----|

G--2------0------0------2----|

D--2------2------2------0----|

A--2------3------3-----------|

E--0------3------3-----------|

INTRO: x4

e------3-33-33------|

B------3-30-00------|

G------0-00-00------|

D------0------------|

A--2-2-2-------0h2--|

E--3-3-3-------3----|

VERSE:

Em Esus4 C/G G

Well help me, I need nicotine and patience

C/G G Esus4 Em

and some sort of salvation from a savior I cant find

Em Esus4 C/G G

Cause we all, grow up to be our fathers

C/G G Dsus2 D

marrying the daughters of the men we once despised

BREAK:

Em Esus4 C/G G C/G G Esus4 Em

VERSE:

Well these small town, kids are always running

but they cant help from becoming the very thing they fear the most

And these tattooed girls, though its such a perfect cover

but they make such lousy lovers I have found, I have found

CHORUS:

G G C G C/G Em Dsus2 C/G G

/ Cmaj7/

This American static so automatic five four three two one

G G C G C/G Em Dsus2 C/G G

/ Cmaj7/

It all seems to only make me more lonely five four three two one

BREAK:

C/G C/G Em Esus4 C/G G C G G Esus4 Em

VERSE:

Now these late nights, quouting Kerouac and Wilde

we just use them to revile those who remind us of ourselves

So call me, when your partys over and

Sunday mornings sober has us down has us down

CHORUS (w/o instruments):

This American static so automatic five four three two one

It all seems to only make me more lonely five four three two one

(w/ instruments):

G G C G C/G Em Dsus2 C/G G

/ Cmaj7/

This American static so automatic five four three two one

G G C G C/G Em Dsus2 C/G G

/ Cmaj7/

It all seems to only make me more lonely five four three two one

Em Dsus2 C/G Cmaj7/G Cmaj7/G

Five four three two one

OUTRO:

Cmaj7/G Cmaj7/G G G C G C/G

Oh ohhh oh oh OHH ohhh

e--0-----------------3--|

B--0-----------------0--|

G--0---0---2/4-2-0-2-0--|

D--2-2---2-0---0-0-0-0--|

A--2-----------------2--|

E--0-----------------3--|

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