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	C	Am	F	G	C	Am	F	G
	Do you	like Am	erican	music?	I	like Am	erican	music

	C	Am	F	G	C	Am	F	G	etc...
	Don't you	like A	merican m	usic,			baaaa	byyyy

I want you to hold me, I want your arms around me

I want you to hold me, baby

Did you do too many drugs? I did too many drugs

Did you do too many drugs too, baby

	Am	E
You were	born too late, I was b	orn too soon

	F	G
	Every time I look at that	ugly moon

	C	F	C
It reminds me of	you, it re	minds me of y	ou

	A	G	A	G	A	G
	Oh-	oh,	oh-	oh,	oh-	oh

I need a date to the prom, would you like to come along

Nobody will go to the prom with me, baby

They didn't like American music, they never heard American music

They didn't know the music was in my soul, baby

You were born too soon, I was born too late

But every time I look at that ugly lake, It reminds me of meeee

	F	C
(d'you like	American music) It reminds me of	meeee

	F	C
(d'you like	American music) It reminds me of	meeee

Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh

SOLO (At end, bend G to A, then hit and release back to G):
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--2---------0-2----22-22-33-2-0--2--------0-2-0------------------
---3-33-3-3-----------------------3-33-33-------3----------------
----------------------------------------------------(5)3---3----

A cappella:

D'you like American music? (We like American music)

I like American music (Baaaabyyyyy)

D'you like American music (We like all kinds of music)

But I like American music best (Baaaabyyyy)

You were born too late, I was born too late

But every time I look at that ugly lake, it reminds me of me

It reminds me of meeee (do you like American Music)

It reminds me of meeee (I can hear the music)

It reminds me of meeee (sweet, sweet music)

(C-F repeats, getting more frenetic, and finish)

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American Music

Violent Femmes

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