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[Verse 1]
CWe knew each Gother when Emwe were very young
CHigh school sGweethearts, or Emsomething American
CNow we've beGcome old, I Emonly see photos
CShe's what I Gthought, Emsomething AmericaCnG  Em  
Something AmCericanG  Em  
[Chorus]
But Gyou don't Amcall me Cnow
And I don't think Gtoo Ammuch aCbout you
But when Gshe's Amnot aCround
I can feel you're lAmonely
Oh, AmI can feel you're lonely someChow
[Interlude]
G  Em
[Verse 2]
  CI'm not Gnice like herEm  
Won't wear white like her
  CDon't live Glife with the Empages mapped out
  CNo, I'm Gnot perfectEm  
But then no one is
  CWe're all Greaching for Emsomething American
[Chorus]
But Gyou don't Amcall me Cnow
And I don't think Gtoo Ammuch aCbout you
But when Gshe's Amnot aCround
I can feel you're lAmonely
[Bridge]
I can feel you Emall night
In my Cdreams I Gfind
The Emstars align
And they Call colGlide
And it's Emyou and I
Oh, Cback in Gtime,
it B7feels so Cright
[Chorus]
But Gyou don't Amcall me Cnow
And I don't think Gtoo Ammuch aCbout you
But when Gshe's Amnot aCround
I can feel you're lAmonely, oh
GYou don't Amcall me Cnow
And I don't think Gtoo Ammuch aCbout you
But when Gshe's Amnot aCround
I can feel you're lAmonely, oh
AmI can feel you're lonely someChow
[Instrumental]
G  Em  C
G  Em
[Verse 1]
CWe knew each Gother when Emwe were very young
CHigh school sGweethearts, or Emsomething American

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Something American

by Jade Bird

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[Verse 1]

C G Em

We knew each other when we were very young

C G Em

High school sweethearts, or something American

C G Em

Now we've become old, I only see photos

C G Em C G Em

She's what I thought, something American

C G Em

Something American

[Chorus]

G Am C

But you don't call me now

G Am C

And I don't think too much about you

G Am C

But when she's not around

I can feel you're lonely

Am C

Oh, I can feel you're lonely somehow

[Interlude]

G Em

[Verse 2]

C G Em

I'm not nice like her

Won't wear white like her

C G Em

Don't live life with the pages mapped out

C G Em

No, I'm not perfect

But then no one is

C G Em

We're all reaching for something American

[Chorus]

G Am C

But you don't call me now

G Am C

And I don't think too much about you

G Am C

But when she's not around

I can feel you're lonely

[Bridge]

I can feel you all night

C G

In my dreams I find

The stars align

C G

And they all collide

And it's you and I

C G

Oh, back in time,

B7 C

it feels so right

[Chorus]

G Am C

But you don't call me now

G Am C

And I don't think too much about you

G Am C

But when she's not around

I can feel you're lonely, oh

G Am C

You don't call me now

G Am C

And I don't think too much about you

G Am C

But when she's not around

I can feel you're lonely, oh

Am C

I can feel you're lonely somehow

[Instrumental]

G Em C

G Em

[Verse 1]

C G Em

We knew each other when we were very young

C G Em

High school sweethearts, or something American

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