Chords for a m e r i c a n b o y//slowed down
Tempo:
85.2 bpm
Chords used:
C
Fm
Ab
Cm
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Fm]
[Eb] [G]
[Cm]
[C] This is number one champion [Eb] sound.
Yes, we're about [Fm] to get down.
The hottest in the world right now.
Just touch down in London.
[C] They give me a [Ab] plan to put the money in my hand right now.
We need more seats.
We [Fm] just sold out all the floor [C] seats.
Take me on a trip.
I'd like [Ab] to go someday.
[Fm] Take me to New York.
I'd love to see [F] LA.
[C] I really want to [Ab] come [Cm] pick you.
[Fm] You'll be my American boy.
[C] He said, Hey, [Ab] sister.
It's [Fm] really, really nice to meet you.
I just met this five or seven guys just [C] by time.
[Ab] Like the way he speak.
His confidence [Fm] is peaking.
Don't like his baggy jeans.
But all my life was [C] underneath it.
And no, [Ab] I ain't meant to amass.
I [Fm] heard the Cali never raised a New York far away.
[C] The West End.
[Gm] I'll show you to my bedroom.
I'm [C] liking this American boy.
American boy.
Take me on a trip.
I'd [Ab] like to go someday.
[Fm] Take me to New York.
I'd love to see LA.
I [C] really want to [Ab] come [Cm] pick you.
[C] You'll be my American boy.
[Fm] American [C] boy.
[Ab] [Fm]
[C]
[Ab] [Fm] You'll be my American [C] boy.
American boy.
Take [Ab] me to [Fm] Broadway.
Let's go shopping.
Maybe we'll go to a [C] cafe.
Let's go [Ab] on some way.
Take [Fm] me to your hood.
I've never been to Brooklyn.
And I'd like to see [C] what's good.
Dress [Ab] in all your [Eb] fancy [Fm] clothes.
Sneakers looking fresh to death.
I'm loving those show toes.
[C] Walking that [Ab] walk.
Talk that slick [Fm] talk.
I'm liking this American boy.
American [C] boy.
Take me on a trip.
I'd [Ab] like to go someday.
[Fm] Take me to New York.
I'd love to [C] see LA.
[C] I really want to [Ab] come pick you.
[Cm] [Fm] You'll be my American [C] boy.
Tell them Wild Kwablock.
Who killing them in the UK?
[Ab] Everybody gonna say [Fm] UK.
Reluctantly.
Cause most of this press don't f*** with me.
[C] Estelle once said to me.
Cool [Ab] down, down.
Don't act a fool now, [Fm] now.
Always act a fool.
Ow, ow.
Ain't nothing [F] new now, [C] now. He crazy.
I know what you're [Ab] thinking.
Rapping.
I know what you're [Fm] drinking.
Rap singer.
Chain blinger.
Holler at the next chick.
Soon as you're [C] blinking.
Boy show persona.
[Ab] About this [Fm] Americana.
Rhyme up in my shadow.
Cause all my clothes designer.
[C] Dress smart like a London [Ab] bloke.
Before he speak his [Ebm] soup he smoke.
[G] And you thought he was cute before.
Look at this peacoat tell me he's [C] broke.
And I know you ain't into all [Ab] that.
I heard your lyrics.
I feel your [Fm] spirit.
But I still talk that cat ass.
Cause a lot of wags wanna [C] hear it.
And I feel like Mike get his [Cm] baddest.
Like the poops of Nick [C] Laddis.
And I know they [D] love it.
So the hell with all that [C] rubish.
Would you [Ab] be my love?
Could you [Fm] be mine?
[F] Would you be my [F] love?
Would you [C] be mine?
Could you [Ab] be my love?
[Fm] Would you be my American boy?
American [C] boy.
Take me on a trip I'd [Ab] like to go someday.
[Fm] Take me to Chicago, San Francisco.
[C] I really want to.
[Cm] Come pick you and me up.
[Fm] You'll be my American [C] boy.
Be my [C] American boy.
Take me on a trip I'd [Ab] like to go someday.
[Fm] Take me to New York I'd love to see [F] LA.
I really [C] want to.
[Eb] Come pick [Cm] you and me [Fm] up.
You'll be my American boy.
[C] American boy.
[Ab] [Fm]
[C] [N]
[Eb] [G]
[Cm]
[C] This is number one champion [Eb] sound.
Yes, we're about [Fm] to get down.
The hottest in the world right now.
Just touch down in London.
[C] They give me a [Ab] plan to put the money in my hand right now.
We need more seats.
We [Fm] just sold out all the floor [C] seats.
Take me on a trip.
I'd like [Ab] to go someday.
[Fm] Take me to New York.
I'd love to see [F] LA.
[C] I really want to [Ab] come [Cm] pick you.
[Fm] You'll be my American boy.
[C] He said, Hey, [Ab] sister.
It's [Fm] really, really nice to meet you.
I just met this five or seven guys just [C] by time.
[Ab] Like the way he speak.
His confidence [Fm] is peaking.
Don't like his baggy jeans.
But all my life was [C] underneath it.
And no, [Ab] I ain't meant to amass.
I [Fm] heard the Cali never raised a New York far away.
[C] The West End.
[Gm] I'll show you to my bedroom.
I'm [C] liking this American boy.
American boy.
Take me on a trip.
I'd [Ab] like to go someday.
[Fm] Take me to New York.
I'd love to see LA.
I [C] really want to [Ab] come [Cm] pick you.
[C] You'll be my American boy.
[Fm] American [C] boy.
[Ab] [Fm]
[C]
[Ab] [Fm] You'll be my American [C] boy.
American boy.
Take [Ab] me to [Fm] Broadway.
Let's go shopping.
Maybe we'll go to a [C] cafe.
Let's go [Ab] on some way.
Take [Fm] me to your hood.
I've never been to Brooklyn.
And I'd like to see [C] what's good.
Dress [Ab] in all your [Eb] fancy [Fm] clothes.
Sneakers looking fresh to death.
I'm loving those show toes.
[C] Walking that [Ab] walk.
Talk that slick [Fm] talk.
I'm liking this American boy.
American [C] boy.
Take me on a trip.
I'd [Ab] like to go someday.
[Fm] Take me to New York.
I'd love to [C] see LA.
[C] I really want to [Ab] come pick you.
[Cm] [Fm] You'll be my American [C] boy.
Tell them Wild Kwablock.
Who killing them in the UK?
[Ab] Everybody gonna say [Fm] UK.
Reluctantly.
Cause most of this press don't f*** with me.
[C] Estelle once said to me.
Cool [Ab] down, down.
Don't act a fool now, [Fm] now.
Always act a fool.
Ow, ow.
Ain't nothing [F] new now, [C] now. He crazy.
I know what you're [Ab] thinking.
Rapping.
I know what you're [Fm] drinking.
Rap singer.
Chain blinger.
Holler at the next chick.
Soon as you're [C] blinking.
Boy show persona.
[Ab] About this [Fm] Americana.
Rhyme up in my shadow.
Cause all my clothes designer.
[C] Dress smart like a London [Ab] bloke.
Before he speak his [Ebm] soup he smoke.
[G] And you thought he was cute before.
Look at this peacoat tell me he's [C] broke.
And I know you ain't into all [Ab] that.
I heard your lyrics.
I feel your [Fm] spirit.
But I still talk that cat ass.
Cause a lot of wags wanna [C] hear it.
And I feel like Mike get his [Cm] baddest.
Like the poops of Nick [C] Laddis.
And I know they [D] love it.
So the hell with all that [C] rubish.
Would you [Ab] be my love?
Could you [Fm] be mine?
[F] Would you be my [F] love?
Would you [C] be mine?
Could you [Ab] be my love?
[Fm] Would you be my American boy?
American [C] boy.
Take me on a trip I'd [Ab] like to go someday.
[Fm] Take me to Chicago, San Francisco.
[C] I really want to.
[Cm] Come pick you and me up.
[Fm] You'll be my American [C] boy.
Be my [C] American boy.
Take me on a trip I'd [Ab] like to go someday.
[Fm] Take me to New York I'd love to see [F] LA.
I really [C] want to.
[Eb] Come pick [Cm] you and me [Fm] up.
You'll be my American boy.
[C] American boy.
[Ab] [Fm]
[C] [N]
Key:
C
Fm
Ab
Cm
F
C
Fm
Ab
_ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] This is number one champion [Eb] sound.
Yes, we're about [Fm] to get down.
The hottest in the world right now.
Just touch down in London.
[C] _ They give me a [Ab] plan to put the money in my hand right now.
We need more seats.
We [Fm] just sold out all the floor [C] seats.
Take me on a trip.
I'd like [Ab] to go someday.
[Fm] Take me to New York.
I'd love to see [F] LA.
[C] I really want to [Ab] come [Cm] pick you.
_ [Fm] You'll be my American boy.
_ _ _ [C] He said, Hey, [Ab] sister.
It's [Fm] really, really nice to meet you.
I just met this five or seven guys just [C] by time.
[Ab] Like the way he speak.
His confidence [Fm] is peaking.
Don't like his baggy jeans.
But all my life was [C] underneath it.
And no, [Ab] I ain't meant to amass.
I [Fm] heard the Cali never raised a New York far away.
[C] The West End.
[Gm] I'll show you to my bedroom.
I'm [C] liking this American boy.
American boy.
Take me on a trip.
I'd [Ab] like to go someday.
_ [Fm] Take me to New York.
I'd love to see LA.
I [C] really want to [Ab] come [Cm] pick you.
_ _ [C] You'll be my American boy.
[Fm] American [C] boy. _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Fm] You'll be my American [C] boy.
American boy.
Take [Ab] _ _ me to [Fm] Broadway.
Let's go shopping.
Maybe we'll go to a [C] cafe.
Let's go [Ab] on some way.
Take [Fm] me to your hood.
I've never been to Brooklyn.
And I'd like to see [C] what's good.
Dress [Ab] in all your [Eb] fancy [Fm] clothes.
Sneakers looking fresh to death.
I'm loving those show toes.
[C] Walking that [Ab] walk.
Talk that slick [Fm] talk.
I'm liking this American boy.
American [C] boy.
Take me on a trip.
I'd [Ab] like to go someday.
_ [Fm] Take me to New York.
I'd love to [C] see LA.
[C] I really want to [Ab] come pick you.
[Cm] _ _ [Fm] You'll be my American [C] boy.
Tell them Wild Kwablock.
Who killing them in the UK?
[Ab] Everybody gonna say [Fm] UK.
_ Reluctantly.
Cause most of this press don't f*** with me.
[C] Estelle once said to me.
Cool [Ab] down, down.
Don't act a fool now, [Fm] now.
Always act a fool.
Ow, ow.
Ain't nothing [F] new now, [C] now. He crazy.
I know what you're [Ab] thinking.
Rapping.
I know what you're [Fm] drinking.
Rap singer.
Chain blinger.
Holler at the next chick.
Soon as you're [C] blinking.
Boy show persona.
[Ab] About this _ [Fm] Americana.
Rhyme up in my shadow.
Cause all my clothes designer.
[C] Dress smart like a London [Ab] bloke.
Before he speak his [Ebm] soup he smoke.
[G] And you thought he was cute before.
Look at this peacoat tell me he's [C] broke.
And I know you ain't into all [Ab] that.
I heard your lyrics.
I feel your [Fm] spirit.
But I still talk that cat ass.
Cause a lot of wags wanna [C] hear it.
And I feel like Mike get his [Cm] baddest.
Like the poops of Nick [C] Laddis.
And I know they [D] love it.
So the hell with all that _ [C] rubish.
Would you [Ab] be my love?
Could you [Fm] be mine?
[F] Would you be my [F] love?
Would you [C] be mine?
Could you [Ab] be my love?
[Fm] Would you be my American boy?
American [C] boy.
Take me on a trip I'd [Ab] like to go someday.
[Fm] Take me to Chicago, San Francisco.
_ [C] I really want to.
[Cm] Come pick you and me up.
[Fm] You'll be my American [C] boy.
Be my [C] American boy.
Take me on a trip I'd [Ab] like to go someday.
_ [Fm] Take me to New York I'd love to see [F] LA.
I really [C] want _ to.
[Eb] Come pick [Cm] you and me [Fm] up.
You'll be my American boy.
_ [C] American boy. _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] This is number one champion [Eb] sound.
Yes, we're about [Fm] to get down.
The hottest in the world right now.
Just touch down in London.
[C] _ They give me a [Ab] plan to put the money in my hand right now.
We need more seats.
We [Fm] just sold out all the floor [C] seats.
Take me on a trip.
I'd like [Ab] to go someday.
[Fm] Take me to New York.
I'd love to see [F] LA.
[C] I really want to [Ab] come [Cm] pick you.
_ [Fm] You'll be my American boy.
_ _ _ [C] He said, Hey, [Ab] sister.
It's [Fm] really, really nice to meet you.
I just met this five or seven guys just [C] by time.
[Ab] Like the way he speak.
His confidence [Fm] is peaking.
Don't like his baggy jeans.
But all my life was [C] underneath it.
And no, [Ab] I ain't meant to amass.
I [Fm] heard the Cali never raised a New York far away.
[C] The West End.
[Gm] I'll show you to my bedroom.
I'm [C] liking this American boy.
American boy.
Take me on a trip.
I'd [Ab] like to go someday.
_ [Fm] Take me to New York.
I'd love to see LA.
I [C] really want to [Ab] come [Cm] pick you.
_ _ [C] You'll be my American boy.
[Fm] American [C] boy. _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Fm] You'll be my American [C] boy.
American boy.
Take [Ab] _ _ me to [Fm] Broadway.
Let's go shopping.
Maybe we'll go to a [C] cafe.
Let's go [Ab] on some way.
Take [Fm] me to your hood.
I've never been to Brooklyn.
And I'd like to see [C] what's good.
Dress [Ab] in all your [Eb] fancy [Fm] clothes.
Sneakers looking fresh to death.
I'm loving those show toes.
[C] Walking that [Ab] walk.
Talk that slick [Fm] talk.
I'm liking this American boy.
American [C] boy.
Take me on a trip.
I'd [Ab] like to go someday.
_ [Fm] Take me to New York.
I'd love to [C] see LA.
[C] I really want to [Ab] come pick you.
[Cm] _ _ [Fm] You'll be my American [C] boy.
Tell them Wild Kwablock.
Who killing them in the UK?
[Ab] Everybody gonna say [Fm] UK.
_ Reluctantly.
Cause most of this press don't f*** with me.
[C] Estelle once said to me.
Cool [Ab] down, down.
Don't act a fool now, [Fm] now.
Always act a fool.
Ow, ow.
Ain't nothing [F] new now, [C] now. He crazy.
I know what you're [Ab] thinking.
Rapping.
I know what you're [Fm] drinking.
Rap singer.
Chain blinger.
Holler at the next chick.
Soon as you're [C] blinking.
Boy show persona.
[Ab] About this _ [Fm] Americana.
Rhyme up in my shadow.
Cause all my clothes designer.
[C] Dress smart like a London [Ab] bloke.
Before he speak his [Ebm] soup he smoke.
[G] And you thought he was cute before.
Look at this peacoat tell me he's [C] broke.
And I know you ain't into all [Ab] that.
I heard your lyrics.
I feel your [Fm] spirit.
But I still talk that cat ass.
Cause a lot of wags wanna [C] hear it.
And I feel like Mike get his [Cm] baddest.
Like the poops of Nick [C] Laddis.
And I know they [D] love it.
So the hell with all that _ [C] rubish.
Would you [Ab] be my love?
Could you [Fm] be mine?
[F] Would you be my [F] love?
Would you [C] be mine?
Could you [Ab] be my love?
[Fm] Would you be my American boy?
American [C] boy.
Take me on a trip I'd [Ab] like to go someday.
[Fm] Take me to Chicago, San Francisco.
_ [C] I really want to.
[Cm] Come pick you and me up.
[Fm] You'll be my American [C] boy.
Be my [C] American boy.
Take me on a trip I'd [Ab] like to go someday.
_ [Fm] Take me to New York I'd love to see [F] LA.
I really [C] want _ to.
[Eb] Come pick [Cm] you and me [Fm] up.
You'll be my American boy.
_ [C] American boy. _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _