The American In Me Chords by Steve Forbert

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[F] I need me a destination [Am] _ _
I [Bb] ain't the kind of cat's gun [C] just jump in this car and [F] drive
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[F] I'm using my _ [Am] transportation _ so [Bb] _ _ _ [C] then when am I going to [F] arrive?
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_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ And I guess [Bb] it's just _ [C] _ _ _
[F] the American in [Dm] me And I [Bb] guess it's just
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[F] Say the way I'm apt [Dm] to be And I guess [Bb] it's just
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_ _ _ _ [F] They're stopping me out on [Am] the freeway _ [Bb] And they ask of me what I [C] do and where the
hell [F] I'm bound _ [Am] I _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ used to get a lot more [Am] _ leeway
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And [C] well now I get a lot [F] more down
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_ [C] _ And I guess [Bb] it's just _ [C] _ _ _ [F] the American [Dm] in me And I [Bb] guess it's just
[C] _ _ _ [F] Say the way I'm apt [Dm] to be And I guess [Bb] it's just
[C] _ _ _ They all frowned back [Bb] up miles today And [F] the carbon fumes _ _ were drifting towards
the [Bb] sky _ [F] The sky began to [Bb] cry and the [C] thunder _ _ _ moves
_ [F] And I'm back once again on [Am] the car lot [Bb] And I ain't even paid [C] for that thing I drove
up [F] in yet _ [Am] Well _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [F] I might make a trade [Am] and I might not
But _ [Bb] _ _ _
[C] I know I'll remain [F] in debt _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ And I [Bb] guess it's just
[C] _ _ _ [F] The American in [Dm] me And I [Bb] guess it's just
[C] _ _ _ [F] Say the way I'm apt [Dm] to be And I [Bb] guess it's just
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Yeah
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[F] _ _ And _ [Am] _ _ _
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I guess [Bb] it's just _ [C] _ _ _
[F] The _ American in [Dm] me And I [Bb] guess it's just
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[F] The other way I'm apt to [Dm] be And I [Bb] guess it's just
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_ _ _ Yeah
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