American Slang

	  		
Intro 
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verse 1 
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  We are graffiti on a subway train 
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Two hands shape of a heart 
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  Lyrics on a Coca-Cola classic can 
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  Promises whispered in the dark 
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  We are Hemingway in a dive bar 
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  I love you in a dead language 
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  Progress running through the telephone wires 
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Sneakers hangin' by the laces 

           Bm         D 
We are the back roads dirty water soul banks 
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From the city to the country doing our thing, our way 
Bm        A           D 
Say things that I was gonna say 
G              D                   Bm        A        D 
Freedom of our age we are born and raised on American Slang 
         Bm       A        D 
Born and raise on American Slang, yeah
 

verse 2 
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  We are vampires on Hollywood Boulevard 
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  Angels and sinners in our home town streets 
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  An autobiography in a sleeve tattoo 
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Our broken hearts that still beat 

           Bm         D 
We are the back roads dirty water soul banks 
         Bm          G             D 
From the city to the country doing our thing, our way 
Bm        A           D 
Say things that I was gonna say 
G              D                   Bm        A        D 
Freedom of our age we are born and raised on American Slang 
         Bm       A        D 
Born and raise on American Slang, yeah 
         G                 D 
Born and raise on American Slang, yeah
 

Instrumental 
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Bridge 
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She was Marilyn and Daisy Duke 
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  He was Dean and DiCaprio 
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Neon turned into LED 
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Lost boys all came home singing 

           Bm         D 
We are the back roads dirty water soul banks 
         Bm          G             D 
From the city to the country doing our thing, our way 
Bm        A           D 
Say things that I was gonna say 
G              D                   Bm        A        D 
Freedom of our age we are born and raised on American Slang 
         Bm       A        D 
Born and raise on American Slang, yeah 

           Bm         D 
We are the back roads dirty water soul banks 
         Bm          G             D 
From the city to the country doing our thing, our way 
Bm        A           D 
Say things that I was gonna say 
G              D                   Bm        A        D 
Freedom of our age we are born and raised on American Slang 
         Bm       A        D 
Born and raise on American Slang