American Kids - Kenny Chesney

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First tab, so if things are a little off I apologize in advance. Sounds pretty close to
the song
in my opinion though. 


"American Kids"
Kenny Chesney


[Intro]

 ,  ,  ,        X2


[Verse 1]

           
Double wide, q

             
uick stop, mid

             
night, T-top, 

           
Jack in her Ch

                     
erry Coke town

           
Momma and dadd

             
y put their ro

             
ots right here

            
 'cause this i

             
s where the ca

                
r broke down

           
Yellow dawn, s

             
chool bus kick

             
in' up red dus

            
t, picking us 

            
up by a barbed

      
 wire fence

       
MTV on the RCA

          
, no A/C in th

        
e Vents


[Chorus]

             
We were Jesus 

             
save me, blue 

            
jean baby, bor

           
n in the USA

             
Trailer park t

             
ruck stop, fad

              
ed little map 

            
dots, New York

     
 to LA

             
We were teenag

             
e dreamin', fr

              
ont seat leani

            
n', baby come 

          
give me a kiss

             
Put me on the 

             
cover of the R

              
ollin' Stone u

            
ptown down on 

         
American kids

            
Growin' up in 


little pink ho

uses

            
Makin' out on 


living room co

uches

            
Blowin' that s

        
moke on Saturd

ay night

            
A little messe

              
d up but we're

 
 all alright


[Verse 2]

            
Baptist church

             
 parking lot, 

             
trying not to 

           
get caught, ta

              
ke her home an

             
d give her you

          
r jacket

           
Making it to s

              
econd base but

             
 sayin' you we

             
nt all the way

            
 Monday aftern

            
oon at practic

     
e

           
Sister's got a

          
 boyfriend dad

            
dy doesn't lik

   
e

            
Now he's sitti

            
ng out back, 3

             
0-30 in his la

            
p in the blue 

            
bug zapper lig

       
ht


[Chorus]

             
We were Jesus 

             
save me, blue 

            
jean baby, bor

           
n in the USA

             
Trailer park t

             
ruck stop, fad

              
ed little map 

            
dots, New York

     
 to LA

             
We were teenag

             
e dreamin', fr

              
ont seat leani

            
n', baby come 

          
give me a kiss

             
Put me on the 

             
cover of the R

              
ollin' Stone u

            
ptown down on 

         
American kids

            
Growin' up in 


little pink ho

uses

            
Makin' out on 


living room co

uches

            
Blowin' that s

        
moke on Saturd

ay night

            
A little messe

              
d up but we're

 
 all alright


[Bridge]


[Chorus]

             
We were Jesus 

             
save me, blue 

            
jean baby, bor

           
n in the USA

             
Trailer park t

             
ruck stop, fad

              
ed little map 

            
dots, New York

     
 to LA

             
We were teenag

             
e dreamin', fr

              
ont seat leani

            
n', baby come 

          
give me a kiss

             
Put me on the 

             
cover of the R

              
ollin' Stone u

            
ptown down on 

         
American kids

            
Growin' up in 


little pink ho

uses

            
Makin' out on 


living room co

uches

            
Blowin' that s

        
moke on Saturd

ay night

            
A little messe

              
d up but we're

 
 all alright

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