American Life Chords & Lyrics - Madonna

[VERSES]

[F#m] F#m5+ [C#] [Bm]
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[CHORUS]

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(F#m)
Do I have to change my name' • Will it get me far'
Should I lose some weight' • Am I gonna be a star'

[F#m]I tried to be a boy • I tried to be a girl • I tried to be a mess
I tried to be the [C#]best • I guess I did it wrong • that's why I wrote thi[Bm]s song
This type of [F#m]modern life' • Is it for me'
This type of modern life' • Is it for free'

[F#m]So I went into a bar • Looking for simpathy • A little company
I tried to find a [C#]friend • It's more easily said • It's always been th[Bm]e same
F#m [5+] [5+]
This type of modern life • Is not for me
[5+] [5+]
This type of modern life • Is not for free

[F#m]American [C#m]life
[F#m]I live the American [C#m]dream
You [Bm]are the best thing I've [C#m]seen
You [Bm]are not just a [C#m]dream

[F#m]I tried to stay ahead • I tried to stay on top • I tried to play the part
but somehow I for[C#]got • just what I did it for • and why I wante[Bm]d more
F#m [5+] [5+]
This type of modern life • is it for me'
[5+] [5+]
This type of modern life • is it for free'

F#m [5+] [5+]
Do I have to change my name' • Will it get me far'
[5+] [5+]
Should I lose some weight' • Am I gonna be a star'

[F#m] [C#m] [2]
American life
[F#m] [C#m] [2]
I live the American dream
[Bm] [2] [C#m]
You are the best thing I've seen
[Bm] [2] [C#m]
You are not just a dream

[Bm] [2] [C#m]
[Bm] [2] [C#m]

[F#m]I tried to be a boy • I tried to be a girl • I tried to be a mess
[5+] [5+] [5+]
I tried to be the best • I tried to find a friend • I tried to stay ahead
[5+]
I tried to stay on top

F#m [5+] [5+]
Do I have to change my name' • Will it get me far'
[F#m] [5+] [F#m] [5+]
Should I lose some weight' • Am I gonna be a star'

[F#m] [5+]
Ah • Ah • Ah • Ah

[F#m] [5+]
I'm drinking a soy latte • I get a double shotte
It goes right through my body • And you know I'm satisfied
I dropped my mini cooper • And I'm feeling super-duper
Yo they tell I'm a trooper • And you know I'm satisfied

I do yoga and pilates • And the room is full of hotties
so I'm checking out the bodies • And you know I'm satisfied
I'm digging on the isotopes • This metaphysic's shit is dope
And if all this can give me hope • You know I'm satisfied

I've got a lawyer and a manager • An agent and a chef
Three nannies, an assistant • And a driver and a jet
A trainer and a butler • And a bodyguard or five
A gardener and a stylist • Do you think I'm satisfied'

I'd like to express my extreme point of view
I'm not a Christian and I'm not a Jew
I'm just living out the American dream
And I just realized that nothing is what it seems

Do I have to change my name'
Am I gonna be a star'
Do I have to change my name'

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When a chord variation is specified between square brackets,
change rapidly from the chord to its variation and back.

stefano j attardi (attardi.org)