An American Boy Chords & Lyrics - Eliza Gilkyson

INTRO: [C] [F] [C] [G] [C]

I posted pictures on my [F]Facebook [C]site [G]
A shooting star in a [C]long dark [F]night [C]
A lonely kid beneath the [G]basement [Am]light
With [F]thunder in his [Am]hands [C]

My parents wonder if I'm [F]doing al[C]right [G]
They keep the gun case [C]locked up [F]tight [C]
With the key hanging [G]there in plain [Am]sight [F]
While I make my [Am]plans [F]

It won't be long before I [C]come un[G]done
There's no tomorrow for a [C]wayward [F]son
What will they say then 'bout their [C]pride and [G]joy
Their America[F]n boy? [Am] [C]

It's not the world they always [F]said it would [C]be [G]
A shining pearl waiting [C]there for [F]me [C]
A golden girl who would [G]care for [Am]me
A [F]future I could [Am]own [C]

They messed my mind with every [F]kind of [C]med [G]
Now voices whisper [C]in my [F]head [C]
Telling me softly I'll be [G]better off [Am]dead
But [F]I'm not going a[Am]lone [F]

It won't be long before I [C]come un[G]done
I'm gonna blow my world to [C]kingdom [F]come
Once I was someone's only [C]pride and [G]joy
An America[F]n boy, America[Am]n boy [C]

INSTRUMENTAL: [C] [F] [C] [G] [C] [G] [Am] [F] [Am] [F]

It won't be long before my [C]time has [G]come
I won't be sorry for this [C]thing I've [F]done
Maybe somewhere there's ever[C]lasting [G]joy
For an America[F]n boy, America[Am]n boy [C]

I built a bomb down in the [F]basement [C]light [G]
Went to the prom on a [C]Saturday [F]night [C]
I didn't blow it 'cause the [G]time's not [Am]right [F]
But it's close at [Am]hand