Young Americans (2016 Remaster) Chords
Tempo:
83.8 bpm
Chords used:
G
F
Em
C
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Key:
G
F
Em
C
D
G
F
Em
[C] .
[F] .
[Dm] [G] [C] .
[Dm] [F] .
Oh,.
the [G] [C] golden just behind the [F] bridge.
He lays down,.
he frowns.
See my life's a funny thing.
Am I still too [G] young?.
[C] You kissed the band on there.
She [Dm] took his ring,.
took [F] his babies.
It took him minutes,.
took her nowhere.
Heaven knows [G] he'd have taken anything.
[F] Oh,.
she [G] wants a young [C] American.
Young American,.
[F] young American.
She wants the young American.
.
[G] She wants the young [C] American.
Standing right through the picture window,.
[F] she finds a slinky back of arms.
He grows obsessive, passes a poet in the street.
[Dm] Hittin' my [G] bitch,.
takin' her thing.
[C] Put the feet and the stripe up on the [Dm] thing.
[F] This is a step and cuts his hand.
Showing nothing, it's just like a song.
Surprise, where are [G] both of us?.
Here it was gone.
[F] .
[G] She wants a young [C] American.
Young American,.
[F] young American.
She wants the young American.
.
[C] [D] Oh, she [G] wants the [C] young American.
All the way from Washington.
[F] Her bread, when it breaks off the bottom floor.
We live for just these 20 years.
Do we have to [G] die for the 50 [F] more?
Oh, .
[C] [G] she wants the young [C] American.
Young American,.
[Dm] young [F] American.
She wants the young American.
All [Dm] right.
Well, she [G] wants the young [Am] American.
[G] .
[F] [G] [Am] [G] .
[F] [G] [Am] Do [Em] you remember [C] your [G] President Nixon?.
[Am] Do [Em] you remember [F] the bills you have to pay?
.
Or [E] even yesterday?
.
[D] [Em] .
[G] [Em] [E] .
[D] Have you been in [Em] America?.
Just you and your idol symbol [G] set.
Leather, leather [Em] everywhere.
[A] Not a miss left from the ghetto.
[D] Well, well, well, what you carry [Em] inside.
Everything is just [G] a piece of your breast.
Sit on your hands on the buses,.
the [Em] drivers, flushing [A] all the approach.
[D] [G] .
Your that barbecue.
was a [A] .
[G] [A] young .
[D] American.
[G] All right.
.
Oh,.
[Em] you [A] would think you're going to [D] go.
You know,.
oh [Em] my God.
I can't really.
I know you got a [G] Chrysler, let's start this thing.
White's got a soul [B] friend.
Mama's got [A] cramps and look at your hands, [D] baby.
I'm loose today.
[G] You got a sweet ass, you got a beer.
Is there a man who can save them all?.
Is [A] there a woman I can suck on the jaw?.
[D] Is there a child I can hope without jerking?.
[G] Is there a man I'll be right before they die?.
Ain't you proud that you stuck our faces?.
[Em] Ain't there one [C] damn song that can make me.
[G] break down and cry?
.
[Em] I [A] want that young [D] American,.
young American,.
[G] I want that [Am] young American,.
[D] young American,.
[Em] I want what you want,.
[G] I want what you want,.
you want what I want,.
I want [Em] you,.
you want I,.
[A] I want you [D] wanting me.
No matter, [G] gonna matter to a woman like you, don't matter!
.
Ooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhh [Em] All [Am] I want Is a girl don't [D] matter!
.
[Em] [Bm] .
[F] .
[Dm] [G] [C] .
[Dm] [F] .
Oh,.
the [G] [C] golden just behind the [F] bridge.
He lays down,.
he frowns.
See my life's a funny thing.
Am I still too [G] young?.
[C] You kissed the band on there.
She [Dm] took his ring,.
took [F] his babies.
It took him minutes,.
took her nowhere.
Heaven knows [G] he'd have taken anything.
[F] Oh,.
she [G] wants a young [C] American.
Young American,.
[F] young American.
She wants the young American.
.
[G] She wants the young [C] American.
Standing right through the picture window,.
[F] she finds a slinky back of arms.
He grows obsessive, passes a poet in the street.
[Dm] Hittin' my [G] bitch,.
takin' her thing.
[C] Put the feet and the stripe up on the [Dm] thing.
[F] This is a step and cuts his hand.
Showing nothing, it's just like a song.
Surprise, where are [G] both of us?.
Here it was gone.
[F] .
[G] She wants a young [C] American.
Young American,.
[F] young American.
She wants the young American.
.
[C] [D] Oh, she [G] wants the [C] young American.
All the way from Washington.
[F] Her bread, when it breaks off the bottom floor.
We live for just these 20 years.
Do we have to [G] die for the 50 [F] more?
Oh, .
[C] [G] she wants the young [C] American.
Young American,.
[Dm] young [F] American.
She wants the young American.
All [Dm] right.
Well, she [G] wants the young [Am] American.
[G] .
[F] [G] [Am] [G] .
[F] [G] [Am] Do [Em] you remember [C] your [G] President Nixon?.
[Am] Do [Em] you remember [F] the bills you have to pay?
.
Or [E] even yesterday?
.
[D] [Em] .
[G] [Em] [E] .
[D] Have you been in [Em] America?.
Just you and your idol symbol [G] set.
Leather, leather [Em] everywhere.
[A] Not a miss left from the ghetto.
[D] Well, well, well, what you carry [Em] inside.
Everything is just [G] a piece of your breast.
Sit on your hands on the buses,.
the [Em] drivers, flushing [A] all the approach.
[D] [G] .
Your that barbecue.
was a [A] .
[G] [A] young .
[D] American.
[G] All right.
.
Oh,.
[Em] you [A] would think you're going to [D] go.
You know,.
oh [Em] my God.
I can't really.
I know you got a [G] Chrysler, let's start this thing.
White's got a soul [B] friend.
Mama's got [A] cramps and look at your hands, [D] baby.
I'm loose today.
[G] You got a sweet ass, you got a beer.
Is there a man who can save them all?.
Is [A] there a woman I can suck on the jaw?.
[D] Is there a child I can hope without jerking?.
[G] Is there a man I'll be right before they die?.
Ain't you proud that you stuck our faces?.
[Em] Ain't there one [C] damn song that can make me.
[G] break down and cry?
.
[Em] I [A] want that young [D] American,.
young American,.
[G] I want that [Am] young American,.
[D] young American,.
[Em] I want what you want,.
[G] I want what you want,.
you want what I want,.
I want [Em] you,.
you want I,.
[A] I want you [D] wanting me.
No matter, [G] gonna matter to a woman like you, don't matter!
.
Ooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhh [Em] All [Am] I want Is a girl don't [D] matter!
.
[Em] [Bm] .