Key: E
Introduction:
E B
In the garden, sunlight painted skin
E B
Country back roads never see again
E F#
West coast sunset, Blue jeans broken in
Chorus
E B E B
American, I've been away for way too long
E B E B
American, I only miss you when I'm gone.
E B
Halfway home and still I can't forget
E F#
Melodies were ringing in our head
E B E B
American, I've been away for way too long
E B E B
American, I only miss you when I'm gone.
F# G#m A E
And I'm not saying I'd never roam
F# G#m A E
But if I ever leave again I'll come home.
Solo
E
Played over slow part (not quite sure about the rhythm picking in the
background)
E
Carry you with me in a song
All your mystery keeps me hanging on X2
E BE
American I've been away for way too long
E BE
American, I only miss you when I'm gone
E B E B
I'm not saying I'd never roam
But if I ever leave again I'd go home