So American Uke tab by Portugal. The Man

7 Chords used in the song: C, Em, E7, Am, D, F, G

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Tablature / Chords (Full Song)

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Year:  2011
Difficulty: 
3.36
(Beginner)
Key: AmChords
Intro: C chordC, Em chordEm # (x2)

C chordC
If pain was a color to paint on you
E7 chordE7
Your heart would be the color blue.
Am chordAm
Be a gradient from there till your body met your hair
D chordD
Which would remain a silver hue
C chordC
You are the one they call Jesus Christ.
E7 chordE7
Who didn't know no rock and roll.
Am chordAm
Just a mission and a gun to paint rainbows in Vietnam
D chordD
And a heart that always told you

F chordF C chordC
There's a madness in us all.
F chordF C chordC
There's a madness in us all.



C chordC
So who broke the rules?
Em chordEm
Who broke the rules?
Am chordAm
Who broke the rules?
F chordF C chordC
They said every one of you will never try to lend a hand
Em chordEm Am chordAm
When the policemen don't understand.
C chordC F chordF
Boys, all you boys
Am chordAm G chordG
Think you're so American.
C chordC F chordF
Girls, all you girls
Am chordAm G chordG
Yeah you're so American.




C chordC
He may not be born of this land
E7 chordE7
But he was born of this world.
Am chordAm
He was born of all the mothers and the colors of our brothers
D chordD
And the love that was taught to

C chordC
you by the one they call Jesus Christ.
E7 chordE7
He may not know no rock and roll.
Am chordAm
There may not be a heaven, or a place of which to send you,
D chordD
But you know in the end




F chordF C chordC
There's a madness in us all.
F chordF C chordC
There's a madness in us all. # (x2)


C chordC
So who broke the rules?
Em chordEm
Who broke the rules?
Am chordAm
Who broke the rules?
F chordF C chordC
They said every one of you will never try to lend a hand
Em chordEm Am chordAm
When the policemen don't understand.
C chordC F chordF
Boys, all you boys
Am chordAm G chordG
Think you're so American.
C chordC F chordF
Girls, all you girls
Am chordAm G chordG
Yeah you're so American.



F chordF C chordC
There's two eyes for every one of us
Em chordEm Am chordAm G chordG
But somebody got there first and took them all.

C chordC F chordF
Man, oh man
Am chordAm G chordG
You think it's so American
C chordC F chordF
Man, oh man
Am chordAm G chordG
Yeah you're so American # (x2)


F chordF C chordC
There's two eyes for every one of us
Em chordEm Am chordAm G chordG
But somebody got there first and took them all.

F chordF C chordC
There's two eyes for every one of us
Em chordEm Am chordAm
But somebody got there first and took them all.

Uke tab by , 10 Jul 2012

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