Chords for American Tradition

_ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D]
He wants [F#m] to live with ease [A] like a [E] fighter _ [D] We put [F#m] the medals [E] on the wall
_ [D]
In [F#m] a room of [E] starving vultures [D] Gold _ [F#m] trophies, he [E] got them all
_ _ [D]
He wants to [F#m] be just [E] like his father _ _ [D]
We play the [F#m] knife game [E] on the table
_ [D] I bleed to [F#m] death, it [B] doesn't [E] matter Cause [D]
my [F#m] baby, he's [B] still the winner
[E] _ [D] He holds me in his arms, [F#m] it's no good [E] _ _ [D]
Things don't go [F#m] like they should
[E] _ [D] He holds me in his arms, [F#m] it's no good [E] _ _ [D]
Things don't go [F#m] like they should
[E] _ _ [D]
We sleep on the carpet [E] through the night [D] We're living [F#m] off of [E] TV dinner
_ [D]
Hanging me [F#m] out by [E] his gold chain [D] He used to [F#m] be a hockey [E] player
_ [D] I used to [F#m] be a [B] figure [E] skater [D] Cutting my [F#m] leg [E] with a blade
_ _ [D]
In the [F#m] blue and [E] red arena _ [D] Trying to [F#m] pretend we're [E] the same
_ [D] He holds me in his arms, it's [F#m] no good Things [D] _
don't go like [F#m] they [E] should
_ [D] He holds me in his arms, it's [F#m] no good _ _ [D] Things don't go like [F#m] they should
[B] _ _ [A] _