Rilo Kiley – American Wife (Guitar)

A   A/B A       D
Doo doo doo-doo doo

A           A/B
Losing your brave

A               D
Is that what he said?

    A               A/B
The flag will still wave

     A            Bm
Even after you're dead

     D       Dm       A
I'll be your American wife

        C#m
Like the eagle perched atop the globe

            Dm           A
We'll climb up above the smog and

Dm               A
Live in blissful ignorance

       Dm        A
With a dog and a TV set

          Dm               A               E
We'll eat flesh 'til we're fatter than our friends

    A      A/B      A         D
But I only play the fool very often

A      A/B    A            Bm
I only bet my heart like a spade

    D          Dm       A
But I like the gamblin' life

     C#m                                     Dm              A
You never know when you're gonna get the new shoes, keys and glasses

          Dm        A
You'll be barefoot, free from debt

Dm          A
Blinded and wandering

      Dm             A        Dm             A       E
Maybe then you'll be happier (Then you'll be happier again)

    A            A/B      A               D
The wind used to come and nearly blow you over

    A            A/B             A        Bm
The wind doesn't move down these parts anymore

    D           Dm        A
And so goes the bartering life

C#m
Blood for food then they strap you down

            Dm        A
You scream, Miami was pretty

Dm             A
Before we were bitter

              Dm          A          E
Before we let our sadness litter the street

    A            A/B    A        D
You offered your father could be mine

   A              A/B
We looked at your family tree

  A          Bm
I politely declined

         D      Dm
You have eleven siblings

         C#m        A
Who have ten broken limbs

C#m
Nine divorces

    Dm           A
And eight broken hearts

    Dm         A
And seven grandkids

    Dm         A
And six bypass surgeries

Dm           A
Five college degrees

Dm             A
Four are sick, three are well

Dm            A
Two are dead, one's in jail

Dm          A
No one here moves away

Dm          A     E
No one here moves away

A              A/B
Come on to the grave

   A           D
Is that what I said? (Is that what I said?)

   A      A/B
My memory fades

         A           Bm
When I'm drinking in bed

D          Dm       A
I miss the soberin' life

    C#m
The comforter will not come on to me

           Dm        A
'Til I'm a fearless, faithless

Dm         A
Nothing at all cause

Dm       A
No one escapes their life

Dm       A
No one escapes their life

Dm       A
No one escapes their life

E
No one, no one

D
It may sound depressing

     Dm
It's just a life lesson

       A          C#m      F#m  E
In the barterin', gamblin' life

     D       E        A
I'll be your American wife