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So American by Portugal. The Man - Guitar Chords

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            The song plays the verse with a varied E7 chord as the iii in the progression which I've 
notated below, however you can play an Em and it will sound fine. The Am in the verse 
is played as a barre chord, but in the chorus it's open. In the pre-chorus the C and F
are also barre chords, which I've notated below, but elsewhere they are played in the
standard open and 1st fret barre chord positions respectively

   E7             Am            C           F
e|--4--|        |--5--|      |--3--|     |--5--|
B|--3--|        |--5--|      |--5--|     |--6--|
G|--1--|        |--5--|      |--5--|     |--5--|
D|--0--|        |--7--|      |--5--|     |--3--|
A|--2--|        |--7--|      |--3--|     |--3--|
E|--0--|        |--5--|      |--3--|     |-----|


[Intro]

C  E  x2


[Verse]

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

          F             C
There's a madness in us all
          F             C
There's a madness in us all


[Chorus]

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


[Verse]

C
He may not be born of this land
    E7
But he was born of this world
       Am
He was born of all the mothers and the colors of our brothers
        D
And the love that was taught to
C
you by the one they call Jesus Christ
    E7
Who may not know no rock and roll
          Am
And there may not be a heaven, or a place of which to send you,
        D
But you know in the end

          F             C
There's a madness in us all
          F             C
There's a madness in us all
          F             C
There's a madness in us all
          F             C
There's a madness in us all


[Chorus]

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


[Bridge]

        F                  C
There's two eyes for every one of us
             E                                 Am
But somebody got there first and took them all
        F                  C
There's two eyes for every one of us
             E                                 Am
But somebody got there first and took them all


[Instrumental]

F  C  E  Am
F  C  E  Am


[Chorus]

C       F
Man, oh man
                     Am         G
You think you're so American
C       F
Man, oh man
                 Am         G
Yeah, you're so American
C       F
Man, oh man
                     Am         G
You think you're so American
C       F
Man, oh man
                 Am         G
Yeah, you're so American


[Outro]

        F                  C
There's two eyes for every one of us
             E                                 Am
But somebody got there first and took them all

        F                  C
There's two eyes for every one of us
             E                                 Am
But somebody got there first and took them all
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