American Teen

	  		
verse 1 
           G 
Living the good life full of goodbyes 
   C 
My eyes are on the grey skies 
       Bm                    D 
Saying I don't want to come home tonight 
          G                   
Yeah, and I'm high up, off what? 
   C 
I don't even remember 
         Bm                               D 
But my friend passed out in the Uber ride 

Pre-Chorus 
                  G              C 
Oh, I'm from the city of the 9-1-5 
               Bm                
Where all the girls are pretty 
             D 
And they're down for the hype 
                 G 
All my boys are with me 
      C 
Going up for the night 
         Bm         D 
But who cares, who cares  
                         G       
'Cause this is our year 

           C            Bm 
So wake me up in the spring 
           D                      G 
While I'm high off my American dream 
G                            C 
We don't always say what we mean 
            Bm                 D 
That's the lie of an American teen
 

verse 2 
G 
Maybe the end is near 
                C 
But I've been waiting all year 
            Bm 
To get the hell up out of here 
     D    
And throw away my fears 
G 
I'm so faded (I'm so faded) 
       C 
Off of all the things that I've taken, and 
Bm 
Maybe I'm not really drunk 
            D 
Maybe I'm really good at faking 

Pre-Chorus 
                  G              C 
Oh, I'm from the city of the 9-1-5 
               Bm                
Where all the girls are pretty 
             D 
And they're down for the hype 
                 G 
All my boys are with me 
      C 
Going up for the night 
         Bm         D 
But who cares, who cares  
                         G       
'Cause this is our year 

           C            Bm 
So wake me up in the spring 
           D                      G 
While I'm high off my American dream 
G                            C 
We don't always say what we mean 
            Bm                 D 
That's the lie of an American teen
 

Bridge 
G      C                        Bm            
  My youth is the foundation of me 
        D                   G 
Living life as an American teen (American teen) 
C             Bm 
    American teen 
      D     
Mmm, oh yeah 
G      C                           Bm 
       We don't always say what we mean 
            D                      G       
When we're high off our American teen 
    C                          Bm 
My youth is the foundation of me 
         D                          G 
Oh, I'm proud to be American 

C                              Bm 
       So wake me up in the spring 
           D                    G   
While I'm high off my American (American dream) 
    C                            Bm 
And we don't always say what we mean 
          D                  G 
It's the lie of an American teen 
     C                         Bm 
My youth is the foundation of me 
        D                   G 
Living life as an American teen 
           C               Bm           D       
American teen (American teen)
 

Outro 
G C             Bm          D    G  C 
     American Teenager 
                          Bm               D 
And I'll be living this dream with you 

Chant 
G                             C  
We don't always say what we mean 
           Bm             D     
When we're high off our American teen 
G    C                        Bm 
My youth is the foundation of me 
          D 
Oh, I'm proud to be American