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[Intro 1]
Bm F# A E7 G D Em
Eh! American love.
[Intro 2]
F# Bm
American me, American you,
F#
American tea.
A
Eh, American heartbreak.
E7
oh, oh, oh...
G D Em F#
[Verse 1]
Bm F#
I took a walk with the palm trees as the daylight fell
A
Sangria in a canteen
E7
Talking to myself
G
This tattoo on my left hand
D
Is turning purpleish blue
Em F#
Daydreams of the romance
Daydreams of you
[Verse 2]
Bm
My pretty woman in a ballgown
F#
I'm Richard Gere in a tux
A
Getting married in a courthouse
E7
Writing vows in a rush
G
Making out before the judge
D
With my teenage wife
Em
Got a wedding band done
F#
That I just might die with
[Chorus]
G
It's an American wedding
D F#
They don't mean too much
Bm
But we were so in love
G
We had an American wedding
D Em
Now what's mine is yours
F#
That's American law
[Verse 3]
Bm
Mrs dot Kennedy
F#
She signed her name in pen
A
In a fancy fancy cursive
E7
Then turned her term papers in
G D
A thesis on Islamic virgin brides and arranged marriage
Em
Hijabs and polygamist husbands
F#
Those poor unamerican girls
[Verse 4]
Bm
After school she ran to me
F#
Jumped in my 5.0
A
This is the home of the brave
Land of the free
E7
But your parents still didn't know
G
She said I've had a hell of a summer
So baby
D
Don't take this hard
Em
But maybe we should get an annulment
F#
Before this goes way to far, Oh, oh!
[Chorus]
G
Just an American wedding
D F#
They don't mean too much
Bm
They don't last enough
G D
We had an American wedding no, oh...
Em
Now what's mine is yours
F#
American divorce
[Verse 5]
Bm
Well you can have my mustang
F#
That's all I've got in my name
A
But Jesus Christ don't break my heart
E7
This wedding ring won't ever wipe off
G
But if you stay
D
Oh if you stay
Em
You'll probably leave later anyway
F# Bm F# A
It's love made in the U.S.A ohh...
[Outro]
F#m
And nigga, if I did it,
E
I think you can too
F#
These niggas can't do nothin' that I can't do
That she can't do, that he can't do
F#m
You can't do, that we can't do
Man,
E F#
I had a dream and then this shit came true I can't do
F#
Uhh!...
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