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American Idle
There wasn't anything up already for this song, so I gave it a shot. 
Standard Tuning EADGBe
[Intro] 
      D   Dsus2   Dsus4   D(X2)            C  G  
      D   Dsus2   Dsus4   D(X2)            C  G  
[Verse]
DWe were the kids from the cul-de-sacs
That got out somehow without looking back
CIt's over
GIt's over
DWe were the ones that grew up too fast
On the front porch steps when we still had friends
CIt's over
GIt's over
DWe were the kids who were Dsus2laughing Dsus4last
DWith big ideas and fDsus2ailed attDsus4empts
CIt's over
GIt's over
[Pre-Chorus]
EmRepeat it Dnow, repeat it Cwith me
[Chorus]
It's in the wGay
We can't explaBmin
Why we were the oEmnes who got awCay
It's in the wGay
These memories will fBmade
So we always kEmeep them locked awCay
Lock them awGay
[Verse]
DWe were the kids who woDsus2uld scrape and Dsus4save
DAnd wait around for somDsus2e better dayDsus4s
CIt's over
GIt's over
DWe were the kids that lDsus2ooked one-byDsus4-one
DWe said we would when Dsus2we were yoDsus4ung
CIt's over
GYeah, it's over
[Pre-Chorus]
EmRepeat it nDow, repeat it wiCth me
[Chorus]
It's in the wGay
We can't explBmain
Why we were the oEmnes who got awCay
It's in the wGay
These memories will fBmade
So we always kEmeep them locked awCay
It's in the wGay
We slowly replBmace
The pieces we lEmeft in yesterdayC  
[Pre-Chorus]
EmRepeat it Dnow, repeat it Cwith me
EmRepeat it Dnow, repeat it witCh me
[Chorus]
It's in the waGy
We can't explaBmin
Why we were the oEmnes who got awCay
It's in the wGay
These memories will fBmade
So we always kEmeep them locked awCay
It's in the waGy
We slowly replBmace
The pieces we lEmeft in yesterdCay
It's in the wGay
These memories will Bmfade
So we always kEmeep them locked awCay
DWe were the kids from tDsus2he cul-de-Dsus4sacs
DThat got out somehow without Dsus2looking Dsus4back
GIt's over

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American Idle

by Less Than Jake

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Dsus2

Dsus4

American Idle

There wasn't anything up already for this song, so I gave it a shot.

Standard Tuning EADGBe

[Intro]

D Dsus2 Dsus4 D C G

(X2)

D Dsus2 Dsus4 D C G

(X2)

[Verse]

We were the kids from the cul-de-sacs

That got out somehow without looking back

It's over

We were the ones that grew up too fast

On the front porch steps when we still had friends

It's over

D Dsus2 Dsus4

We were the kids who were laughing last

D Dsus2 Dsus4

With big ideas and failed attempts

It's over

[Pre-Chorus]

Em D C

Repeat it now, repeat it with me

[Chorus]

It's in the way

We can't explain

Em C

Why we were the ones who got away

It's in the way

These memories will fade

Em C

So we always keep them locked away

Lock them away

[Verse]

D Dsus2 Dsus4

We were the kids who would scrape and save

D Dsus2 Dsus4

And wait around for some better days

It's over

D Dsus2 Dsus4

We were the kids that looked one-by-one

D Dsus2 Dsus4

We said we would when we were young

It's over

Yeah, it's over

[Pre-Chorus]

Em D C

Repeat it now, repeat it with me

[Chorus]

It's in the way

We can't explain

Em C

Why we were the ones who got away

It's in the way

These memories will fade

Em C

So we always keep them locked away

It's in the way

We slowly replace

Em C

The pieces we left in yesterday

[Pre-Chorus]

Em D C

Repeat it now, repeat it with me

Em D C

Repeat it now, repeat it with me

[Chorus]

It's in the way

We can't explain

Em C

Why we were the ones who got away

It's in the way

These memories will fade

Em C

So we always keep them locked away

It's in the way

We slowly replace

Em C

The pieces we left in yesterday

It's in the way

These memories will fade

Em C

So we always keep them locked away

D Dsus2 Dsus4

We were the kids from the cul-de-sacs

D Dsus2 Dsus4

That got out somehow without looking back

It's over

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