Chords for Violent Femmes perform "American Music" Live on television, 1992

[N] All right, this next group is an acoustic trio [B] out of Milwaukee.
And, [E] uh, _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Bb] you know, _ [Gb] the [Ab] kids nowadays, they dig their acoustic thing.
It's a milder, mellower brand of teen in contemporary America.
[D] _ I'm even thinking of going unplugged.
Their _ _ [E] debut album in [Eb] 1983 [F] sold over a million copies.
Here with their [Bb] fifth album, performing American music.
The [C] Violin Femmes, [F] folks!
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[G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [B] _
_ [C] American _ [Em] music, [C] _
I like.
[F] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ Don't you like _ American _ [Em] _ music, [C] _
_ _ _ baby?
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[Eb] _ _ [C] I [F] want you to hold [C] me.
I _ [F] _ _ [G] _
[C] need, I [F] want you to hold [C] me, _ _ [Am] _ baby.
_ [C] _ _ Too, [F] too many [C] drugs.
I feel [F] too [G] many drugs.
[C] _ Did you [F] do too [G] many drugs, [C] too?
_ _ [F] _ Baby, you were born too late, I was born too [Em]
soon.
But every time I look [G] at the ugly moon, it reminds, [C] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ reminds [C] me of you.
_ [G] I _ _ [Cm] _ _ [C]
need [F] a date to _ [C] the prom.
Would you [F] like to come along?
I [C] bet nobody would go to [G] the prom [C] with me, [F] _ baby.
_ [C] It is [F] like American _ [C] music.
They never heard [F] American [G] music.
_ [C] There is no [F] other [G] music in [C] my soul. _
_ [F] _ Baby, you were born too soon, [E] I was born too late.
But every time I look at [G] that ugly lady, it reminds [C] me of me.
_ [F] _ It reminds [C] me of me.
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_ [C] _ Do _ [F] _ _ [G] _
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[G] _ _ you [C] like American [G] music?
We like [F] American music.
I [C] like [G] American music.
_ _ _ [Am] _ [G] Baby, _ _ do you [C] like American _ music?
[F] We like all kinds of music.
But I like [G] American music.
[E] _ _ _ [Gb] Baby, _ _ you were born too late, I was born too late.
But every time I look [G] at that ugly lady, _ it reminds [C] me of me.
_ [F] _ It reminds [C] me of me.
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] Do you [F] like American [C] music?
We like [F] _ American [C] music. _
I like [F] _ American music.
[C] Do you like [F] American music?
[C] We like _ [F] _ all [C] kinds of music. _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] Do _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ you [F] like_
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