Khalid – American Teen (Ukulele)

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[Verse 1]
             F
Living the good life full of goodbyes

     Em
My eyes are on the grey skies

            G
Saying I don't want to come home tonight

  C              F
Yeah, and I'm high up, off what?

 Em
I don't even remember

          G
But my friend passed out in the Uber ride
[Pre-Chorus]
 C                F             Em
Oh, I'm from the city of the 9-1-5

                          G
Where all the girls are pretty
And they're down for the hype
                 F
All my boys are with me

                  Em
Going up for the night

          G
But who cares, who cares

                         Em
'Cause this is our year
[Chorus]
            C           G
So wake me up in the spring

                                 F
While I'm high off my American dream

C                            G
We don't always say what we mean

                         C      F
That's the lie of an American teen
[Verse 2]
  F
Maybe the end is near

                 Em
But I've been waiting all year

            G
To get the hell up out of here
And throw away my fears
         F
I'm so faded (I'm so faded)

        Em
Off of all the things that I've taken, and

  G
Maybe I'm not really drunk
Maybe I'm really good at faking [Pre-Chorus]
 C                F             Em
Oh, I'm from the city of the 9-1-5

                          G
Where all the girls are pretty
And they're down for the hype
                 F
All my boys are with me

                  Em
Going up for the night

          G
But who cares, who cares

                         F
'Cause this is our year
[Chorus]
            C           G
So wake me up in the spring

                                 F
While I'm high off my American dream

C                            G
We don't always say what we mean

                         C      F
That's the lie of an American  
That's the lie of an American My youth is the foundation of me
          C                  F
Oh, I'm proud to be American
[Chorus]
            C           G
So wake me up in the spring

                                 F
While I'm high off my American dream

C                            G
We don't always say what we mean

                         C      F
That's the lie of an American teen

     Em                       G
My youth is the foundation of me

                             F
Living life as an American teen

            C              G
American teen (American teen)
[Outro]
C              G   F
American Teenager

Em            C           G
And I'll be living this dream with you
[Chant]
 E  Cm                       Gm
We don't always say what we mean

             C
When we're high off our American teen

                     Em       G
My youth is the foundation of me

                           C
Oh, I'm proud to be American