American Kids - Kenny Chesney
Tuning: , E A D G B E
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