So American - Portugal. The Man

Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E

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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--|
-----|


[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