So American - Portugal. The Man
Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E
The song plays the verse with a varied E7 chord as the iii in the progression which I've
notated below, however you can play an Em and it will sound fine. The Am in the verse
is played as a barre chord, but in the chorus it's open. In the pre-chorus the C and F
are also barre chords, which I've notated below, but elsewhere they are played in the
standard open and 1st fret barre chord positions respectively
e|--4--|
B|--3--|
G|--1--|
D|--0--|
A|--2--|
E|--0--|
|--5--|
|--5--|
|--5--|
|--7--|
|--7--|
|--5--|
|--3--| |
|--5--| |
|--5--| |
|--5--| |
|--3--| |
|--3--| |
--5--|
--6--|
--5--|
--3--|
--3--|
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[Intro]
x2
[Verse]
If pain was a
color to paint
on you
Your heart wou
ld be the colo
r blue
Be a gradient
from there til
l your body me
t your hair
Which would re
main a silver
hue
You are the on
e they call Je
sus Christ
Who didn't kno
w no rock and
roll
Just a mission
and a gun to
paint rainbows
in Vietnam
And a heart th
at always told
you
There's a madn
ess in us all
There's a madn
ess in us all
[Chorus]
So who broke t
he rules?
Who broke the
rules?
Who broke the
rules?
They said ever
y one of you w
ill never try
to lend a hand
When the polic
emen don't und
erstand
Boys, all you
boys
Think you're s
o American
Girls, all you
girls
Yeah, you're s
o American
[Verse]
He may not be
born of this l
and
But he was bor
n of this worl
d
He was born of
all the mothe
rs and the col
ors of our bro
thers
And the love t
hat was taught
to
you by the one
they call Jes
us Christ
Who may not kn
ow no rock and
roll
And there may
not be a heave
n, or a place
of which to se
nd you,
But you know i
n the end
There's a madn
ess in us all
There's a madn
ess in us all
There's a madn
ess in us all
There's a madn
ess in us all
[Chorus]
So who broke t
he rules?
Who broke the
rules?
Who broke the
rules?
They said ever
y one of you w
ill never try
to lend a hand
When the polic
emen don't und
erstand
Boys, all you
boys
Think you're s
o American
Girls, all you
girls
Yeah, you're s
o American
[Bridge]
There's two ey
es for every o
ne of us
But somebody g
ot there first
and took them
all
There's two ey
es for every o
ne of us
But somebody g
ot there first
and took them
all
[Instrumental]
[Chorus]
Man, oh man
You think you'
re so American
Man, oh man
Yeah, you're s
o American
Man, oh man
You think you'
re so American
Man, oh man
Yeah, you're s
o American
[Outro]
There's two ey
es for every o
ne of us
But somebody g
ot there first
and took them
all
There's two ey
es for every o
ne of us
But somebody g
ot there first
and took them
all