Key: B
Introduction:
B D
I'm lying wide awake in bed
A
My eyes are closed just like I'm dead
E
My friends all think that I'm a bore
F# B
But I don't need them anymore
D
I don't get up I don't go out
E
I have no life to speak about
G
It feels so good to leave the blame with you
F#
So that's what I do
B
I'm going down
Come around
A
Watch me when I hit the ground
E
Give me just one fix of your
G F#
Sweet american love
B
I'd go blind
Lose my mind
A
Leave the world I know behind
E
Just to feel it one last time
G A B
My sweet american love
D
My telephone is off the hook
A
My eyes are closed I'm scared to look
E
I bet you're happy now you're free
F# B
But what about poor little me
D
I draw your picture on the wall
E
My phone is dead and still you call
G
My mama asked I told her I'd get by
F#
that's such I lie
B
I'm going down
Come around
A
Watch me when I hit the ground
E
Give me just one fix of your
G F#
Sweet american love
B
I'd go blind
Lose my mind
A
Leave the world I know behind
E
Just to feel it one last time
G A B
My sweet american love
A E
I've kept the things you gave to me
B
The air is clear but I can't see
A G
And a cheerful radio boasts that "love is in the air"
F#
But it's so full of shit
B
A Sony, is it?
A E
So what da you have to leave me for
B
Was it my hair was I such a bore
A
Well you know baby
G F#
That you were always my only choice
E
Give me just one fix of your
G F#
american love, american love
E
Just to feel it one last time
G F# B
Oh oh damn you