All American Boy chords by Guided By Voices

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse:
D     A           Bm    Bm/A
I ran half baked with the broken hearts
G      F#m    Em   A
Stealing my way to my shell
       D     A        Bm        Bm/A
Where I could dream and plan for all my broken schemes
     G        F#m      Em    A
Where the rattle of the guitar shakes my brain

Chorus:
Em    A
Shoot me down again
       F#m     Bm
I'm on my way, to a better place to see
       G
Well sing it
   Bm   E
All American boy

Verse:
D     A      Bm    Bm/A
I poured a shot into a paper cup
  G        F#m         Em  A
And washed down the tears as the Stones played
     D          A      Bm     Bm/A
A special tune that filled the room of this hollow soul
G        F#m       E   A
Searching for a spark to find my way

Chorus:
E        A
So I just get my head around
        F#m              Bm
And some folks say it’s not OK, it's just the way
       E     G
You've got to say it

   Bm   E   G
All American boy
   Bm   E   G
All American boy
   Bm   E   G
All American boy
   Bm   E  D  F#m Bm Bm/A G F#m E A D F#m Bm Bm/A
All American boy
G        F#m     E   A  Em A D A Bm Bm/A G F#m Em A D A Bm Bm/A G F#m Em A
You got to know, you got to see

Verse:
D     A           Bm    Bm/A
I ran half baked with the broken hearts
G     F#m    Em   A
Sealing my fate to my shell
       D     A        Bm        Bm/A
Where I could dream and plan for all my broken schemes
     G        F#m      Em    A
Where the rattle of the guitar shakes my brain

Chorus:
Em              A
Yeah, if I could just get my head around it
       F#m    Bm
And shake it off of me

You’ve got to mean it
   Bm   E   G
All American boy
  Bm   E   G
All American boy
   Bm   E   G
All American boy
   Bm   E   G
All American boy