All American Boy Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][G][A][D]

[Verse 1]
[D]Gather 'round, cats,
and I'll [G]tell you a story
About [A]how to become an All [D]American Boy
Buy you a guitar and [G]put it in tune
You'll be rockin' and
rollin' soon.
Impressin' the girls,
[A]pickin' hot licks, and all that jazz

[Verse 2]
[D]I-I[A] bought bou[D]ght me a guitar[G] a year ago
[A]Learned how to play in [D]a day or so
And all around town it was
[G]well understood
That I was knockin' 'em
out [A]like [G]Johnny B. Goode
Hot licks, [A]showin' off, ah [D]number [A]one.

[Verse 3]
Well , I [A]'d practice [D]all day
and [G]up into the night
[A]My papa's hair [D]was turnin' white
Cause he didn't like [G]rock'n'roll
He said ""You can stay, [F]boy,
but that's got[A]ta go.""[G]
He's a square,
[A]he just didn't dig me at all
[D]

[Verse 4]
[A]
So I [D]took my guitar, [G]picks and all
And [A]bid farewell to my [D]poor ole pa
And I split for Memphis
where they [G]say all
Them [A]swingin' cats are
havin' [G]a ball
[A]Sessions, hot licks [D]and all, [A]they dig me

[Verse 5]
I was [D]rockin' and boppin' and
I's a [G]gettin' the breaks
The [A]girls all said that I [D]had what it takes
When up stepped a man with a [G]big cigar
He said ""come here,
cat--I'm [A]gonnna [G]make you a star.""
""I'll put you on Bandstand,
[A]buy ya a C[D]adillac, sign here, kid[A].""

[Verse 6]
[D]I signed my name and
[G]became a star
[A]Havin' a ball with my [D]guitar
Driving a big [G]long Cadillac and [A]fightin'
the girls off [G]ma back
They just kept a'[A]comin',
screamin', yeah-they [D]like [A]it

[Verse 7]
So I'd [D]pick my guitar with
a [G]great [Gm]big grin
And the [A]money just kept [D]on pourin' in
But then one day my Un[G]cle Sam
He said [A](sound of [G]3
footsteps) ""Here I am""
""Uncle Sam needs you, [A]boy
I'm-a gon[D]na gonna cut your hair
ah-Take this this rifle, kid

[Outro 1]
Gimme that guitar"" yeah.
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