American Hero Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
My God, do [D]you
even know my name?
Are [C]you changing up your mind over
changes I never made [D]for [Em]you?
We are no [D]more than we'll ever be
With [C]heaven on my mind,
and hell, well I believe
[D]In [Em]the stage lights, come down,
[D]breaking over me
Heaven, [C]heaven is a dream,
heaven, heaven is a dream
[D]I b[Em]elieved but never[D] would've been,
heaven, [C]heaven is a dream
Heaven, heaven is [D]a dream, [Em]I
I would do [D]anything for you [C]to love me
Like I'm an [D]American [Em]hero,
[D]baby
Star—spangled in my manner
Shaking [C]every man's hand in the presidential manor,
[D]you see[Em]
I would do [D]anything to hear you [C]say
There goes an Amer[D]ican [Em]hero, darling
Call the [D]press and tell 'em all
"He's got a [C]front page picture face
with all of the amenit[D]ies"
[Em]If you really don'[Bm]t mind[D],
take me as I [C]am
Take me as I [G]am,
[C]when you get a c[D]hance[Em]
Take your [D]time, I understand
[C]Believe me when I say I
carry all my [D]sin[Em]s
And I would do [D]anything
[Bm]for you to love [C]me
Call me an [D]American [Em]hero,
[D]oh[C][Em]
[C]Call me [D]an American [Em]her [D]o, o[C]h
Call me [D]an American[Em]
I'll [D]leave, if and when you want me to
[C]When and if I've haunted [D]you and
[C]if I miss you when you [Em]do not
Real talk, do [D]you read fuck—up in my walk?
Do [C]you see fuck—up on my [Em]face? Do
[C]I mean anyt[Bm]hing at a[D]ll?
Don't [Em]say you love me if you d[D]o
got nothing else to say to me
When [C]heaven is a dream,
and reality [Em]is f[D]ictional! Fi[Em]ctional!
Constantine an[D]d every
host of Christendom
What [C]carried them, buried them,
with every last one of [D]us
Amer[Em]ica is just [D]a dream
Just [C]a dream, pretty thing
[Em]Nothing's ever what it seems
[D]Jus[Em]t a dream,
[D]I still scream in my sle[C]ep
In my sleep I still scream [D]that[Em]
I would do [D]anything for you to [C]love me
Like I'm an Amer[D]ican [Em]hero,
[D]baby
Star—spangled in my manner
Shaking [C]every man's hand in the presidential manor,
[D]you see[Em]
I would do [D]anything to hear you [C]say
There goes an Amer[D]ican [Em]hero, darling
Call the [D]press and tell 'em all
"He's got [C]a front page picture face
with all of the [D]amen[Em]ities"
If [Bm]you really don't [D]mind,
take me as I [C]am
Take me as I am,
when you get a [D]chance[Em]
Take your [Bm]time, [D]I understand,
[C]believe me
[Em]When I say I carry [D]all my sin[Em]s
And I would do [Bm]anything for you [C]to love me
Call me an Amer[D]ican [Em]hero, [G]oh[D]
Call me [Bm]an American he[D]ro, oh[C][D]
Call me [Bm]an Ameri[D]can he[Em]ro, oh[D][C][Em]
[C]Call me [D]an American [Em]her [D]o, o[C]h
Call me an American
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[Outro 1]
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