The American Way

***** CAPO 2nd fret*****

Intro - A-D - A - D - E - A

(verse 1)
A      E         D         A
I grew up under normal conditions,
             E      D        
Mom was the radio, Dad was the 
     E
television,
A               E         D     
 They both were doin the best 
         E
that they could,
       A          E          D   
Workin 50 hour a weeks and 
       A
knockin on wood,


(Break - A-D - A - D - E - A)


(verse 2)
A          E            D       
I did my time in the public 
      A
school system,
            E            D        
I got good grades, and never got a
   E
 shred of wisdom,
A                 E        
 Can't blame my teachers, for 
      D           E
anything they did,
     A                 E        D
You can't teach one on one with 
   A
33 kids,


(chorus)
          A      E        D
And it's oohh - oohh I'm doin 
     A
alright,
              E              D    
I work every day to get to 
   A
Saturday Night,
          A      E                
And it's oohh - oohh I' guess I'm 
D     A
doin  ok,
           E           D     A
Livin and Dyin the American way,


(verse 3)
well I found the one, we put some 
rooms down,
Got a second mortgage on the 
outskirts of town,
Now we BBQ every Fourth of July,
Send our prayers and our fireworks 
up into the sky,


(chorus)
          A      E        D
And it's oohh - oohh I'm doin 
     A
alright,
              E              D    
I work every day to get to 
   A
Saturday Night,
          A      E                
And it's oohh - oohh I' guess I'm 
D     A
doin  ok,
           E           D     A
Livin and Lovin the American way,


(lead - D - A - D - A - D - A - E)


(bridge)
F#m                             E
These days we're thinkin about kids 
of our own,
D                       E
 Gonna turn this house into a home,
A                               E
In no time at all they'll be singin 
along,


(chorus)
 A      E        D     A
oohh - oohh I'm doin alright,
              E              D    
I work every day to get to 
   A
Saturday Night,
          A      E                
And it's oohh - oohh I' guess I'm 
D     A
doin  ok,
           E           D     A
Livin and Lovin the American way,


(chorus)
          A      E        D
And it's oohh - oohh I'm doin 
     A
alright,
              E              D    
I work every day to get to 
   A
Saturday Night,
          A      E                
And it's oohh - oohh I' guess I'm 
D     A
doin  ok,
           E           D     A
Livin and Dyin the American way,
           E           D     A
Livin and Lovin the American way,


Outro - A - D-(D) - A - D - E - A