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Red Blooded American Boy

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[Intro]
G   C   G   C
[Verse 1]
GSee you dancin? in the Ccorner with
All oDf your best girlCfriends
GLaughin? and Csingin? these are the Ddays of
Your innocCence
GAll us boys want in your Ccircle but Dwe
Don?t dare break Cin
GI?m leanin? against the Dwall thinkiGn?C  G  
[Chorus]
GWhile your Claugh is still Deasy
And your Amheart is still Emlight
Why don?t you Cdance with this Dred-blooded
AmAmerican boy tonEmight
?Cause your Clife is just a Dbreath
And Amtonight is just the Emdance
So why don?t you Cgive this red-blooded
DAmerican Cboy the Gchance
[Verse 2]
GA woman stands Cbeside me in my mind
Her Dhair has a touch of Cgray
GSometimes I just sChut my mouth
I know she Dknows what I?m gonna Csay
GA look comes from her eCyes
Only Dborn of loving Cyears
SGometimes DI open up my mouth and
I fight back her GtearCsG  
I say
[Chorus]
While your lCaugh is still eDasy
And your Amheart is still Emlight
Why don?t you Cdance with this Dred-blooded
AAmmerican boy tonEmight
?Cause your Clife is just a Dbreath
And Amtonight is just the dEmance
So why don?t you Cgive this red-blooded
DAmerican Cboy the Gchance
[Verse 3]
DOh baby I?m Amout of control
Don?t know wEmhich way to run
Don?t know Dwhich way to go
DOh these days it?s getting Amharder to live
We all Emneed someone to hCold Donto
CJust hold onto me and I?ll hDold onto you
CDance with me - I wanna Ddance with you
COh oh oDh   EmOh      D  COh DOhEm  D  
[Chorus]
While your lCaugh is still eDasy
And your Amheart is still Emlight
Why don?t you Cdance with this Dred-blooded
AAmmerican boy tonEmight
?Cause your Clife is just a Dbreath
And Amtonight is just the dEmance
So why don?t you Cgive this red-blooded
DAmerican Cboy the Gchance 

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Red Blooded American Boy

by Kevin Montgomery

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

G C G C

[Verse 1]

G C

See you dancin? in the corner with

D C

All of your best girlfriends

G C D

Laughin? and singin? these are the days of

Your innocence

G C D

All us boys want in your circle but we

Don?t dare break in

G D G C G

I?m leanin? against the wall thinkin?

[Chorus]

G C D

While your laugh is still easy

Am Em

And your heart is still light

C D

Why don?t you dance with this red-blooded

Am Em

American boy tonight

C D

?Cause your life is just a breath

Am Em

And tonight is just the dance

So why don?t you give this red-blooded

D C G

American boy the chance

[Verse 2]

G C

A woman stands beside me in my mind

D C

Her hair has a touch of gray

G C

Sometimes I just shut my mouth

D C

I know she knows what I?m gonna say

G C

A look comes from her eyes

D C

Only born of loving years

G D

Sometimes I open up my mouth and

G C G

I fight back her tears

I say

[Chorus]

C D

While your laugh is still easy

Am Em

And your heart is still light

C D

Why don?t you dance with this red-blooded

Am Em

American boy tonight

C D

?Cause your life is just a breath

Am Em

And tonight is just the dance

So why don?t you give this red-blooded

D C G

American boy the chance

[Verse 3]

D Am

Oh baby I?m out of control

Don?t know which way to run

Don?t know which way to go

D Am

Oh these days it?s getting harder to live

Em C D

We all need someone to hold onto

C D

Just hold onto me and I?ll hold onto you

C D

Dance with me - I wanna dance with you

C D Em D C D Em D

Oh oh oh Oh Oh Oh

[Chorus]

C D

While your laugh is still easy

Am Em

And your heart is still light

C D

Why don?t you dance with this red-blooded

Am Em

American boy tonight

C D

?Cause your life is just a breath

Am Em

And tonight is just the dance

So why don?t you give this red-blooded

D C G

American boy the chance

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