Typical American Boy Chords by The Amazing Rhythm Aces

Tempo:
96.05 bpm
Chords used:

C

F

G

Cm

Am

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C]
[Eb] [C] [Eb]
[F] [C]
[Eb] [F] [Cm] [C] You're a typical American boy from a typical American home.
Started out with a couple of breaks, [Cm] you couldn't leave [F] well enough alone.
[Eb] [C] You had to keep on messing around with stuff you didn't understand.
You were miserable as a child and you even worse [F] as a man.
[G] Didn't make it hanging around the [C] house, you wasn't having very much fun.
[G] You should have got a job and [C] moved out like you were a playful son of a gun.
[Eb] [F]
[C] [Cm] [E]
[F] [Eb] And you drifted [C] into the city [G] looking for something to [F] do.
[C] Every day was different and it [Eb] was [F] always something new.
[Cm] You were always ready to try something that you ain't tried.
[C] Pretty soon your mind [Cm] said, son you better [F] look for a place to hide.
[G] You didn't do too well in [C] college, getting diggy in a ritual scene.
[G] I never soaked up very much [C] knowledge, so you [Gm] thought about [C] joining the Marines.
[Am] Oh, that [Bb] stuff didn't [G] last too [F] long and you never learned [G] how to fight.
[Am] But you sure [G] learned how to get right.
[Eb] [C] [Cm] [F]
[Gm] [C] [Cm] [F] [Cm]
[Dm] [C]
[F]
[Cm] You seem [C] to have lost the wretch, the one that from bar to bar.
Everybody in the whole damn place is wondering [F] who you are.
[Cm] I [C] believe you would go on home if you had [Cm] any place [C] to go.
There ain't nobody waiting for you that you'd [F] even care to know.
[G] But if you spoke the [C] language, you could move to a foreign [F] land.
[G] You could talk with you in [C] English and you still don't understand.
[Bb]
[Am] [G] Oh, [Dm] [F] baby, all right.
[G]
[Am] But you sure [Dm] know [C] how to get right tonight.
[Bb]
[Am] And yo, [G] I want to talk to [F] you.
You probably got me [Dm] online.
[Em]
[Am] And you sure [G] know how to get [Gb] right tonight.
[Cm]
[Am] [Dm] [F] [G]
[Am] You sure [G] know how [Gm] to get [Cm] right tonight.
[B] [Am] [G] [F] [G]
[Am] [Gm] [C] [Bb]
[Am] [G] [F] [G] [Am]
[G] [Cm] [C]
[Eb] [F]
[N]
Key:  
C
3211
F
134211111
G
2131
Cm
13421113
Am
2311
C
3211
F
134211111
G
2131
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To learn The Amazing Rhythm Aces - Typical American Boy chords, your first step should be understanding these chords - C, F, G, F, C, Eb, Am, G, Cm and C in sequence. For best results, commence at 48 BPM and progress to the song's BPM of 96. To match your vocal range and chord inclination, adjust the capo in line with the key: F Major.

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[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ [C] _ _ _ [Eb] _
[F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Cm] _ [C] You're a typical American boy from a typical American home.
_ Started out with a couple of breaks, [Cm] you couldn't leave [F] well enough alone.
[Eb] _ [C] You had to keep on messing around with stuff you didn't understand.
You were miserable as a child and you even worse [F] as a man.
[G] Didn't make it hanging around the [C] house, you wasn't having very much fun.
[G] You should have got a job and [C] moved out like you were a playful son of a gun.
[Eb] _ [F] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ [E] _
[F] _ [Eb] And you drifted [C] into the city [G] looking for something to [F] do.
[C] _ Every day was different and it [Eb] was [F] always something new.
[Cm] _ You were always ready to try something that you ain't tried.
_ [C] Pretty soon your mind [Cm] said, son you better [F] look for a place to hide.
[G] You didn't do too well in [C] college, getting diggy in a ritual scene.
[G] I never soaked up very much [C] knowledge, so you [Gm] thought about [C] joining the Marines.
[Am] Oh, that [Bb] stuff didn't [G] last too [F] long and you never learned [G] how to fight.
[Am] But you sure [G] learned how to get right.
[Eb] _ [C] _ _ [Cm] _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ [C] _ _ _ [Cm] _ [F] _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Cm] You seem [C] to have lost the wretch, the one that from bar to bar. _
Everybody in the whole damn place is wondering [F] who you are. _
[Cm] I [C] believe you would go on home if you had [Cm] any place [C] to go. _
There ain't nobody waiting for you that you'd [F] even care to know.
[G] But if you spoke the [C] language, you could move to a foreign [F] land.
[G] You could talk with you in [C] English and you still don't understand.
[Bb] _
[Am] _ [G] Oh, [Dm] [F] baby, all right.
[G] _
[Am] But you sure [Dm] know [C] how to get right tonight.
_ _ [Bb]
[Am] And yo, [G] I want to talk to [F] you.
You probably got me [Dm] online.
[Em]
[Am] And you sure [G] know how to get [Gb] right tonight.
[Cm] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _
[Am] You sure [G] know how [Gm] to get [Cm] right tonight.
_ [B] _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _
[Am] _ _ [Gm] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
[Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ [Am] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [Cm] _ [C] _ _ _
[Eb] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _

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