Oh the tumultuous times of our teens. An era of hormonal driven discovery and confusion. And the worst part is we are told we won’t realize it until we are all grown up. What a bunch of nonsense! Either way teenage drama makes for an excellent song topic and many young writers have obliged. Here is a list of great songs to play on your ukulele that all deal with the topic of teenage angst!

C       Am       F   G7
Ooh-wah-ooh-wah-ooh-ooh X2
C            Am 
Each time we have a quarrel
F         G7
It almost breaks my heart
C          Am         F            G7               C
'Cause I'm so afraid that we will have to part wah-ooh

             Am       F         G7
Each night I ask the stars up above (hey stars)
C          Am        F       G7
Why must I be a teenager in love

C       Am       F   G7
Ooh-wah-ooh-wah-ooh-ooh X2

C         Am
One day I feel so happy
F          G7
Next day I feel so sad
C            Am            F          G7               C
I guess I'll learn to take the good with the bad wah-ooh

             Am       F         G7
Each night I ask the stars up above (hey stars)
C          Am        F       G7
Why must I be a teenager in love

C              (hit hit  hit hit) C                 (hit hit hit hit)
I cried a tear (wah wah wah wah) for nobody but you (wah wah wah wah)

C         Am             C                   G7
I'll be a lonely one if you should say we're through
C                   Am
Well if you want to make me cry
F                G7
That won't be so hard to do
C             Am
If you should say goodbye
F               G7             C
I'd still go on loving you wah-ooh

             Am       F         G7
Each night I ask the stars up above (hey stars)
C          Am        F       G7
Why must I be a teenager in love

C              (hit hit  hit hit) C                 (hit hit hit hit)
I cried a tear (wah wah wah wah) for nobody but you (wah wah wah wah)

C         Am             C                   G7
I'll be a lonely one if you should say we're through
C                   Am
Well if you want to make me cry
F                G7
That won't be so hard to do
C             Am
If you should say goodbye
F               G7             C
I'd still go on loving you wah-ooh

             Am        F         G7
Each night I ask the stars up above (Hey stars!)
C          Am        F       G7
Why must I be a teenager in love
C          Am        F       G7
Why must I be a teenager in love
C          Am        F       G7
Why must I be a teenager in love
C          Am        F       G7        C
Why must I be a teenager in love wah-ooh

The singer Dion Dimucci nearly had a seat on the infamous Buddy Holly plane, he said no when he found out how expensive the seat was. Being frugal for the win!

Teenager In Love

Intro: F#

Vr. 1
		    A	 	    E 	
I don't know what I want, so don't ask me
	   D			    E
cause I'm still trying to figure it out
				A		E
don't know what's down this road, I'm just walking
	  D				E
trying to see through the rain coming down
	F#		D
even though I'm not the only one
	A	    E
who feels the way I do.

CHORUS
	F#	 D		 A	E
I'm alone, On my own, and that's all I know
	F#		D		A	E
I'll be strong, I'll be wrong, oh but life goes on
		B	G		D		A
Oh I'm just a girl, trying to find a place in this world

A E D

Vr. 2 (Same as verse 1)
Got the radio on, my old blue jeans
and I'm wearing my heart on my sleeve
feeling lucky today, got the sunshine.
could you tell me what more do I need
and tomorrow's just a mystery, oh yeah
but that's ok

REPEAT CHORUS
D		 A		E
maybe I'm just a girl on a mission
D		E
but I'm ready to fly..
F#		 D		 A	E
I'm alone, On my own, and that's all I know
	     F#		    D		  A	   E
Oh I'll be strong, I'll be wrong, oh but life goes on
	F#	     D		    A	   E
OH I'm alone, On my own, and that's all I know
		B	G		D		A
Oh I'm just a girl, trying to find a place in this world

E F D
		A E F D
Oh I'm just a girl,
		A E F D
Oh I'm just a girl
		A E F D
Oh I'm just a girl

Ending A E F D

There aren’t too many chords for your ukulele in this Taylor Swift tune, but it does have the dreaded E! 

Place In This World

Key: C#m

(don't know the first part)
We don't care what people say, we know the truth
Enough is enough of this horse shit
I am not a freak, I was born with my freedom.
Don't tell me I'm less than my freedom.

C#m                           G#m
I'm a bitch, I'm a loser baby maybe I should quit
C#m                           G#m
I'm a jerk, wish I had the money but I can't find work
C#m                           G#m
I'm a brat, I'm a selfish punk, I really should be smacked
C#m                           G#m
My parents tried until they got divorced 'cuz I ruined their lives

[Pre-Chorus]

C#m               B
I'm a bad kid and I will survive
E                 F#m              E
Oh I'm a bad kid, don't know wrong from right
C#m               B
I'm a bad kid and this is my life
E                 F#m              E
One of the bad kids, don't know wrong from right
(This is my life)

[Chorus]

B        C#m      F#m           E
Don't be insecure if your heart is pure
B        C#m      G#m           E
You're still good to me if you're a bad kid baby
B        C#m      F#m           E
Don't be insecure if your heart is pure
B        C#m      G#m           E
You're still good to me if you're a bad kid baby
A bad kid baby
(Don't be insecure)

C#m                           G#m
I'm a twit, degenerate young rebel and I'm proud of it
C#m                           G#m
Pump your fist if you would rather mess up than put up with this
C#m                           G#m
I'm a nerd, I chew gum and smoke in your face, I'm absurd
C#m                           G#m
I'm so bad and I don't give a damn, I love it when you're mad
When you're mad, when you're mad.

[Chorus]

C#m               B
I'm a bad kid and I will survive
E                 F#m              E
Oh I'm a bad kid, don't know wrong from right
C#m               B
I'm a bad kid and this is my life
E                 F#m              E
One of the bad kids, don't know wrong from right
(This is my life)

B        C#m      F#m           E
Don't be insecure if your heart is pure
B        C#m      G#m           E
You're still good to me if you're a bad kid baby
B        C#m      F#m           E
Don't be insecure if your heart is pure
B        C#m      G#m           E
You're still good to me if you're a bad kid baby
A bad kid baby
(Don't be insecure)

[Bridge]

C#m          B         E
I'm not that typical baby
C#m          G#m                  E
I'm a bad kid like my mom and dad made me
C#m          B         E
I'm not that cool and you hate me
C#m          G#m                  E
I'm a bad kid, that's the way that they made me

[Pre-Chorus]
C#m               B
I'm a bad kid I'm disastrous
E                 F#m              E
Give me your money or I'll hold my breath
C#m               B
I'm a bad kid and I will survive
E                 F#m              E
One of the bad kids, don't know wrong from right

[Chorus]

B        C#m      F#m           E
Don't be insecure if your heart is pure
B        C#m      G#m           E
You're still good to me if you're a bad kid baby
B        C#m      F#m           E
Don't be insecure if your heart is pure
B        C#m      G#m           E
You're still good to me if you're a bad kid baby
A bad kid baby

A bad kid baby
A bad kid baby
A bad kid baby

This Lady Gaga song does have a few tough chords like the E, C#m, and even the G#m may give you trouble if still learning to barre.

Bad Kids

E                                               C            D
In the day we sweat it out on the streets of a runaway American dream
   E                                       C          D
At night we ride through mansions of glory in suicide machines
  C                   E  
Sprung from cages on Highway 9 
          C                         D                    C
chrome wheeled, fuel injected and, steppin' out over the line
                           G
Baby this town rips the bones from your back, 
         Am                D
it's a death trap, it's a suicide rap.
            C                 Am       
We gotta get out while I'm still young
         C             D                   E
'Cause tramps like us baby we were born to run.


   E
Hey Wendy, let me in, I wanna be your friend,
        C                     D
I wanna guard your dreams and visions.
     E
Just wrap your legs 'round these velvet rims,
      C                      D
Strap your hands across my engines.
      C               G
And Together we could break this trap,
       C                    D                   C
We'll run till we drop and, baby we'll never go back.
             G
Walk with me out on the wire?
         Am                   D
Girl, I'm just a scared and a lonely rider,
      C                 Am         
But I gotta know how it feels,
  C
I want to know if love is wild, baby,
    D                     E
I want to know if love is real.

  Dm                                    F
Beyond the palace hemi-powered drones scream down the boulevard
      C             
The girls comb their hair in rear-view mirrors
         Am                D
and the boys try to look so hard
  Dm
The amusement park rises bold and stark
          F
Kids are huddled on the beach in a mist
         C
I wanna die with you Wendy on the streets tonight
     Am           D
In a everlasting kiss


             G
Well, The highways jammed with broken heroes
      C                    D
On a last chance power drive
     E
Everybody's out on the run tonight
            C                D
But there's no place left to hide
   C                    E
Together, Wendy, we can live with the sadness
C                          D              C
I'll love you with all the madness in my soul
         E                                   Am
Someday girl, I don't know when, we're gonna get to that place
          D            
Where we really wanna go
 C                    Am   
And we'll walk in the sun
               C
Till then tramps like us
D                  E
Baby we were Born To Run.

Bruce Springsteen songs are similar to Bob Dylan’s in that they often have easy and repetitive chord progressions. The key is being able to fit all the words in and at the same cadence that they do!

Born To Run

# Note. Have fun with this one, don't for get to comment!
Thanks Van595, straight outta Ontario.



F  C  | Bb
F  C  | Bb
F  C  | Bb
F  C  | Bb

F  C  | Bb
F  C  | Bb
F  C  | Bb
F  C  | Bb


[verse:]
F           C   Bb         
Out here in the fields
F           C  Bb
I fight for my meals
F               C     Bb
I get my back into my living
F            C  Bb
I don't need to fight
F        C   Bb
To prove I'm right
F     C   Bb          F     C  Bb
I don't need to be forgiven

Yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah
F   C   Bb
F   C   Bb
F   C   Bb
F   C   Bb

C   C   C


  [chorus:]
  C     Dm
  Don't cry
  C
  Don't raise your eye
  F         Bb      C    
  It's only teenage wasteland



[verse:]
Sally, take my hand
We'll travel south cross-land
Put out the fire
And don't look past my shoulder
The exodus is here
The happy ones are near
Let's get together
Before we get much older

F                 C   Bb
Teenage wasteland
F                          C  Bb
It's only teenage wasteland
F                          C  Bb
Teenage wasteland, oh, yeah
F                 C   Bb
Teenage wasteland
                  C  C
They're all wasted

Bb Bb

C    Bb    F   Eb
C    Bb    F   Eb
C    C     Bb  
F

Maybe to perform this classic Who song right you need an electric ukulele and even a synthesizer to play along! 

Baba O'riley

D                                         C
At home, drawing pictures of mountain tops
G                       D                           C
With him on top lemin yellow sun, arms raised in a v
G
And the dead lay in pools of maroon below
Am               G
Daddy didnt give attention
Am          C            Em                 Dm
Oh, to the fact that mommy didnt care
Am    C               Em              G
King jeremy the wicked...oh, ruled his world...
Bm                     G    A         Bm
Jeremy spoke in class today... (2x)

D                              C
Clearly I remember pickin on the boy
G
Seemed so harmless, a little fun
Am                                     Dm
Ooh, but we unleashed a lion...
C                                              Em              G
Gnashed his teeth and bit the recess ladys breast...
G
How can I forget?
D                                              G
And he hit me with a surprise left
G
My jaw left hurtin...ooh, dropped wide open
Am                             C                  Em        G
Just like the day...oh, like the day I heard

Am                G
Daddy didnt give affection, no...
Am                       C                      Em            
          Dm
And the boy was something that mommy wouldnt wear
Am   C               Em           G
King jeremy the wicked...oh, ruled his world
Bm                     G   A          Bm
Jeremy spoke in class today... (3x)
D      C      Em
Woo... (14x)
D         C                 D           Em
Try to forget this...try to forget this...
D           C                D            Em
Try to erase this...try to erase this...
               C  Em  G
from the blackboard...
Bm                     G  A            Bm
Jeremy spoke in class today... (2x)
Bm                       G
Jeremy spoke in, spoke in... (2x)
Bm                     G   A          Bm
Jeremy spoke in class today...

While this wasn’t the first serious song to deal with the darker side of teenage angst it was certainly one of the more memorable.

Jeremy

strumming pattern
D-DUD-D

F,G,C,Em7

mmmmm mmmm mmmm 

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting


[Verse 1: Rihanna]

F              G
Dry! ...Me a desert
C                 Em7
Nuh time to have ya lerkin'
F                        G
Him ago act like him nuh like it
C                           Em7
You know I dealt with you the nicest
F                        G
Nuh body touch me in the righteous
C                     Em7
Nuh botha, text me in a crisis 
           F                    G
I believed all of your dreams, adoration
            C                    Em7
You took my heart and my keys and my patience
            F                        G
You took my heart on my sleeve for decoration
                C                          Em7
You mistaken my love I brought for you for foundation
           F             G
All that I wanted from you was to give me
C            Em7
Something that I never had
F                   G
Something that you've never seen
C                     Em7
Something that you've never been!
F     G
Mmmmm!
      C                          
But I wake up and act like nothing's wrong
D
Just get ready fi...


[Hook: Rihanna]
F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting
F             G
Ner ner ner ner ner ner!
               C           Em7
When you a guh ner ner ner ner ner ner!
                  F                 G
Before the tables turn turn turn turn turn turn!
C             Em7
Beg you something please


[Verse 2: Rihanna]

F            G
Baby don't you leave
               C                 Em7
Do''t leave me stuck here in the streets, 
   F                  G
uh huh If I get another chance to
       C                Em7
I will never, no never neglect you
      F                         G
I mean who am I to hold your past against you?
       C                    Em7
I just hope that it gets to you
  F           G
I hope that you see this through
  C                      Em7
I hope that you see this true
F          G
What can I say?
       C          
Please recognize I'm tryin', baby!!!
 Em7
I have to


[Hook: Rihanna]

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting


[Verse 3: Drake]

N.C.
Yeah, okay
F        G        C                   Em7
You need to get done, done, done, done at work, come over
F               G
We just need to slow the motion
C                   Em7
Don't give that away to no one
F            G
Long distance, I need you
C                          Em7
When I see potential I just gotta see it through
F                        G
If you had a twin, I would still choose you
C                           Em7
I don't wanna rush into it, if it's too soon
      F      G               C              
But I know you need to get done, done, done, done
   Em7
If you come over
F            G
Sorry if I'm way less friendly
C                    Em7
I got n____s tryna end me,
F G           C                 Em7
oh,     I spilled all my emotions tonight, I'm sorry
F               G
Rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin'
C                                Em7
How many more shots until you're rollin'?
F              G
We just need a face to face
C                    Em7            F
You could pick the time and the place
               G
You spent some time away
C                Em7
Now you need to forward and give me all the...


[Hook: Rihanna]

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting

mmm mmm mmm..


[Outro: Rihanna]

work work work work work work

F G C D
F G C D

Work

Verse 1:
           B
I'm going back to the time when we owned this town
      E
Down Powder Mill Lane, in the battlegrounds
C#m        B                   G#m  B     F#
We were friends and lovers and clueless clowns


Verse 2:
                      B       
I didn't know I'd be finding out now I was torn from you
         E
When we thought about things we were gonna do
C#m      B                    G#m B  F# 
We were wide eyed dreamers and wiser too


Chorus:
               E              B 
Go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café


Verse 3:
                          B
I'm begging you for some sign, but you've still got nothing to say
        E
Don't turn your back on me, don't walk away
C#m     B                   G#m  B   F#
I'm a better man now than I was that day


Chorus:
                      E              B 
Let's go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café

                 E               B
Go down to the bandstand on the pier
           G#m                    F#
Watch the drunks and the lovers appear
                      E                     G#m   F#     
Take time, just the stars at the Sovereign Light Café


Bridge:
   E        B           F#
I wheel my bike off the train,
        F#
Up the North Trade Road,
 E        B             F# 
Look for you on Marley Lane
                          G#m
In every building, every streetlight
                   E               F#  G#m  B  F#
Oh why did we ever go so far from home?


Verse 4:
                        B
You keep on leaving me mile long traces of who you are
         E
You can get a big house and a faster car
C#m      B                    G#m   B  F#
You can run away boy, but you won't go far


Chorus:
                      E              B
Let's go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café

                    E                B
Stroll down to the bandstand on the pier
           G#m                    F#
Watch the drunks and the lovers appear
                     E                      G#m   F#
Take time, just the stars at the Sovereign Light Café 

      E            B    G#m
La la la la la la la la Yeah, 
     F#                      E       B   F#
I'm going where the people know my name


Outro:
E B G#m F#
E B G#m F# B

Sovereign Light Cafe

Intro: C D C D (x2)


C D
Si es que no puedes hablar
C D
no te atrevas a volver
C D
si te quieres ocultar
C D
tal vez te podria ver
Em D C G C
y el amor que no sabe a quien y que
G C
hablará si tu verdad
Em F
te abrazara otra vez

Em C
Habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G C
y te hace feliz

C D


C D
Si no puedes escuchar
C D
aunque insistas hablaré
C D
si lo quieres mírame
C D
y tus ojos hablaran tal vez
Em D C G C
sentiras el amor e iras tras el
G C
hablaras si tu verdad
Em F
te abrazará otra vez

Em C
Habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y te hace feliz
Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita si temes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y te hace feliz


Em G C G
.(CUERDAS)... abrazaméeeeeeeee..
C Em F
quiero despertarme y entender

Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita si temes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y que haces aquì
Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G C
y te hace feliz
G C
y te hace feliz

C D
(fin)

Habla si puedes

LA RE
Jo et duré a casa si fa mal temps
MI FA#m
Jo t’empararé si un cas tens por
SIm MI
Jo te cuidaré si estàs malalta
RE LA
De tot cor, de tot cor
RE REm LA
De tot cor

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

FA#m DO#m
Estic a punt d’anar-me’n
RE LA RE
Mes abans de partir et diré
REm LA
Que et duc dins es pensament

FA#m DO#m
No deix de recordar-te
RE LA RE
I alen els teus alens tot calents
REm SIm MI
De lluny i de prop me tens


Jo et duré...

FA#m DO#m
I a dalt de s’escenari
RE LA RE
Quan estic concentrat cantant
REm MI
Jo sempre te tenc present

FA#m DO#m
Perquè m’ets necessari
RE LA
Com s’aire que respir
RE REm SIm MI
Necessit estar amb tu en tot moment


Jo et duré... ( bis )

De tot cor

(Chorus)
G
You xxxx X xxx'x smile xxxx xxx
Em
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Am7
I xxx'x xxxxx xxx X xxx'x sing
D7
I'm xxxxxxx xx xxxx xx xx xxxxxxxx
(1st Verse)
G
You xxx X xxxx xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
Em
X feel xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Am7
If xxx xxxx xxxx xxxx X'x xxxxx through
D7                              G Em G Em
X just xxx'x xxxxx without xxx
(2nd verse)
G
You xxxx along xxxx xxxx x song
Em
Xxx brightened xx xxx
Am7
Whod've xxxxxxxx xxxx xxx xxxx xxxx xx x dream
                  D7
Xxx xx xxx xxxxx light xxxxx xxxx
(Chorus)
         G 
Xxx now xxx xxx X xxx'x smile xxxx xxx
Em
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Am7
I xxx'x xxxxx xxx X xxx'x sing
D7                          Eb
I'm xxxxxxx xx xxxx xx xx anything
(3rd Verse)
Ab
You xxx X xxxx xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
   Fm
X feel xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Bbm
If xxx xxxx xxxx xxxx X'x xxxxx through
Ebm
X just xxx'x xxxxx
Ebm                                 Ab               C#
Now xxxx xxxxxx xxx happiness xxxxx so xxxx xxxx xx find
C#m                                         Eb     E
Well, X'x xxxxxxx xx xxxx xxxxxxx xxxx xxxx behind me
A
And xxx xxx X xxx'x smile xxxxxxx xxx
F#m
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Bm
X xxx'x laugh xxx X xxx'x sing
E
X'x finding xx xxxx xx xx xxxxxxxx
Bb
You xxx X xxxx xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Gm
X feel xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
Cm
If xxx xxxx knew xxxx X'x xxxxx through
F
X just xxx'x smile xxxxxxx xxx

Can't Smile Without You

Intro: Em  A  Em  A

       Em               A                Em                   
 A
Verse: Be on my side or be on your side, there is no reason for you to hide,
       Em                 A
       Its so hard for me stayin' here all alone, when you could be takin'
       A                Em                                             A
       Me for a ride... She could drag me, over the rainbow, send me away


        G     D         A    G  D          A
Chorus:  Down by the ri-ver,  I shot my ba-by

 Em        A
 Ooh, Ooh, shot her dead


Verse 2:You take my hand I'll take your hand, together we may get away,

        This must madness is too much sorrow, its impossible to make it

        today... She could drag me, over the rainbow, send me away


(Chorus)

(Verse 1)

Down By The River

Intro: D-A-Bm-Em-A  x4

         D                 A                          
I'll confess tonight your all thats on my mind
        Bm            A                   D
I know these roof top nights could last forever.
              A                            Bm
we watched the seasons change, we saw the distance pull us away,
           A
from all we shared together.

D                       A
Right now is all we have you better make this count
Bm                       A
these are the moments i wish i could forget you.

D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
    Em    A
lets run away.
D                             A                             Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
    Em    A
lets run away.

play intro  x2

D                    A
I picked apart every word that you said
  Bm                              A
I dissected each sentence but kept coming up empty
D                         A
the way you are leaves me counting the days
        Bm                            A
till the next time this distance will be a memory


D                        A        
Right now is all we have you better make this count
Bm                     D
these are the moments i wish i could forget you.


D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                              Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
     Em   A
lets run away.

D-A-Bm-A

where have you been


                                                                        Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                              Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
     Em   A
lets run away


American Dream 

[intro x2]
A  E  D A

A                                        E
when there's no place you feel at home
              D                               A
and you think you'd be better off alone
A                                          E
when you think there's no reason to try
               D                           A
and you hate yourself and wanna die

A                                      E
when you're filled with anxiety
             D                   A
and everyone's your enemy
A                                        E
when you wish you were someone else
                 D                        A
and you wanna go out and kill yourself

[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

(take your time)


A                       E
when you get yourself depressed
                      D                   A
because you think you can't do your best
A                                         E
when you write yourself a stupid song
           D                        A
to remind yourself that you forgot

[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

(take your time)


[BRIDGE]
# chords x2:
A  E  D  A

A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-2--------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----2-4-2---2-4-2-1---1-1-2-2-1-2-4-2-1-22-----------|     x2



[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

Overreacting

G Bm Em A
Well everybody's lookin' for something they can't find,
Walking straight ahead blind-folded production line,
Only taking time for one type of shoe-shine.
Don't look left/right now you got a street fine.
Everybody lookin' for just a little more.
Working late-nights trying to fight off the day glow.
Waiting for the come-around but it is a no show.
Driving in the fast lane lookin' for the slow-mo...

C D A
Oh whats in store I don't know anymore.
Oh what's inside 'cos I can't hide from it no more.
Oh what you see well it's not me anymore.
Oh I don't know well I don't know man anymore because 

G Bm Em A
I tell you once I tell you twice, gonna be a long time
But you don't take no one's advice, gonna be a long time you,
Where were you, you weren't listenin', gonna be a long time
Gonna be a long time.

G Bm Em A
So now you're face down, face lookin like a frying pan.
Hitting up the clubs trying to feel like a real man.
Beating your chest just like you're King Kong but you're just a gui-tar no-string no-song.
Feeling free like ya don't even know it, man you're towing the line hoping you just don't blow it.
Man ya stuck in the mainframe trying to win the big game so much potential it even makes it more of a shame, shame, shame...
Here we go again, same old shit just another name.
Looking at the destiny there in your palm,
But now you got your strings but you got no song.
So sing, sing, sing - shake it like a chicken wing.
It's not what you get it's about what you bring-bring-bring.
So bring it, bring it to the table, not because you have to 'cos you're willing and you're able!

C D A
Oh what's in store I don't know anymore.
Oh what's inside 'cos I can't hide from it no more.
Oh what you see well it's not me anymore.
Oh I don't know, I don't know anymore because 

G Bm Em A
I tell you once I tell you twice, gonna be a long time.
But you don't take no one's advice, gonna be a long time.
You, where were you, you weren't listening, gonna be a long time.
Gonna be a long time.

Gonna Be A Long Time

It takes a while to get used to the rhythm. In the verse the
time signature goes 3/4 for 2 bars then 2/4 for 1 bar and then
repeats.


Intro and Verses:

A|-2---3---2-|-5-------5-|------|-10------10|-9-------9-|------
E|-----------|-----------|------|-----------|-----------|----3-
C|-0---------|-2---2-----|------|-----7-----|-----------|-2----
G|-0---------|-0---------|-0----|-9---------|-7---------|------
   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |

Intro Riff:

A|-10--12--10-|-9---10---9-|-2---3---2-|-5-------5-|-------|
E|------------|------------|-----------|-----------|-------|
C|------------|------------|-0---------|-2---2-----|-------|
G|-9----------|-7----------|-0---------|-0---------|-0-----|



Chorus:

                   C
I...              driving...
     G  
The speed...            

Em
      City...

        D
And...  arm...
    
    C  Em        D
And I      had a feeling...

    C  Em        D
And I      had a feeling...

C           D
be...       be... 

Suggestion: during the verses, it can sound pretty cool if you
get a friend to strum the chords: C, G, Em, D in the background
:)

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