Chords
American Teen

Key: C

Introduction:

difficulty
very easy |||||
                           F 
Living the good life full of goodbyes
My eyes are on the grey skies
                     G 
Saying I don't want to come home tonight
                                 F 
Yeah, and I'm high up, off what?
I don't even remember
                                     F 
Oh, I'm from the city of the 9-1-5
                                                 G 
Where all the girls are pretty
And they're down for the hype
                                 F 
All my boys are with me
Going up for the night
                 G 
But who cares, who cares
                                       F 
'Cause this is our year
 C                                       G 
So wake me up in the spring
                                                               F 
While I'm high off my American dream
 C                                                     G 
We don't always say what we mean
                                                             F 
That's the lie of an American teen
                       F 
Maybe the end is near
But I've been waiting all year
                     G 
To get the hell up out of here
                 F 
And throw away my fears
I'm so faded (I'm so faded)
                                       G 
Off of all the things that I've taken and
                   F 
Maybe I'm not really drunk
                                   G 
Maybe I'm really good at faking
                       F 
From the city of the 915
                                                 G 
Where all the girls are pretty
And they're down for the hype
                                 F 
All my boys are with me
Going up for the night
                   G 
But who cares, who cares
                                       F 
'Cause this is our year
 C                                       G 
So wake me up in the Spring
                                                               F 
While I'm high off my American dream (American dream)
 C                                                     G 
We don't always say what we mean
                                                           F 
It's the life of an American teen (American teen)
 C                                                         G 
My youth is the foundation of me
                                                 F 
Living life as an American teen (American teen)
 F 
American teen, oh yeah
 C                                                     G 
We don't always say what we mean
                                                                   F 
When we're high off our American dream
 C                                                         G 
My youth is the foundation of me
                                                     F 
Oh, I'm proud to be American
 C                                         G 
So wake me up in the Spring
                                                       F 
While I'm high off my American dream
 C                                                             G 
And we don't always say what we mean
                                                           F 
It's the life of an American teen (American teen)
 C                                                         G 
My youth is the foundation of me
                                                       F 
Living life as an American teen (American teen)
                     C 
American teen
                   F 
American teen, oh yeah
                     C 
American teenager
                               G 
And I'll be living this dream with you
   C                                                   G 
We don't always say what we mean
                                                 F 
When we're high off our American teen
 C                                                       G 
My youth is the foundation of me
                                                 F 
Oh, I'm proud to be American