American Kids

[Intro]
Em B5 C G
Em B5
C G
   Hey!
Em B5 C G Em B5

[Verse 1]
C G   Em      B5         C       G
   Doublewide Quick Stop midnight Ttop
Em          B5          C   G
Jack in her Cherry Coke town
   Em     B5              C          G
Momma and Daddy put their roots right here
           Em             B5        C   G
'Cause this  is where the car broke down
   Em       B5         C         G
Yellow dawn school bus kickin' up red dust
Em           B5     C          G
Pickin' us up  by a barbed wire fence
Em B5      C G     Em  B5          C
MTV on the RCA, no A/C in the vents

[Chorus]
          G                 Bm
We were Jesus saved me, blue  jean baby
    Em          Cadd9
Born  in the USA
    G
Trailer park truck stop,
Bm
faded little map dots
Em            Cadd9
New York to LA
           G
We were teenage dreamin',
     Bm
front  seat leanin'
  Em                     Cadd9
Baby, come give me a kiss
   G                       Bm
Put me on the cover of the Rolling Stone
       Em                     Cadd9
Uptown down home American kids

[Post-Chorus]
Em          B5      C       G
Growin’ up  in little pink houses
Em        B5     C        G
Makin' out  on living room couches
Em           B5         C        G
Blowin' that smoke on a Saturday night
  Em
A little messed up, but we're all alright,
hey!
Em B5 C G
         Hey!

[Verse 2]
Em B5 C G   Em          B5
         Baptist church parkin' lot,
C          G
tryin' not to get caught
Em                B5               C  G
Take her home and give her your jacket
  Em         B5
Makin' it to second base,
    C          G
but sayin' you went all the way
Em          B5          C   G
Monday afternoon at practice
Em       B5    C  G      Em    B5          C G
Sister's got a boyfriend Daddy doesn't like
            Em       B5
Now he's sittin' out back, .30.
C     G
30 in his lap
       Cadd9
In the blue bug zapper light

[Chorus]
          G                 Bm
We were Jesus saved me, blue  jean baby
    Em          Cadd9
Born  in the USA
    G
Trailer park truck stop,
Bm
faded little map dots
Em            Cadd9
New York to LA
           G
We were teenage dreamin',
     Bm
front  seat leanin'
  Em                     Cadd9
Baby, come give me a kiss
   G                       Bm
Put me on the cover of the Rolling Stone
       Em                     Cadd9
Uptown down home American kids

[Post-Chorus]
Em          B5      C       G
Growin’ up  in little pink houses
Em        B5     C        G
Makin' out  on living room couches
Em           B5         C        G
Blowin' that smoke on a Saturday night
  Em
A little messed up,
            G
but we’re all alright,

[Banjo Solo]
Em B5 C G Em B5 C G
Em B5 C G Em B5

[Chorus]
C G          G
   We were Jesus saved me,
    Bm
blue  jean baby
    Em          Cadd9
Born  in the USA
    G
Trailer park truck stop,
Bm
faded little map dots
Em            Cadd9
New York to LA
           G
We were teenage dreamin',
     Bm
front  seat leanin'
  Em                     Cadd9
Baby, come give me a kiss
   G                       Bm
Put me on the cover of the Rolling Stone
       Em                     Cadd9
Uptown down home American kids

[Outro]
Em          B5      C       G
Growin’ up  in little pink houses
Em        B5     C        G
Makin' out  on living room couches
Em           B5         C        G
Blowin' that smoke on a Saturday night
  Em
A little messed up,
but we’re all alright,