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Song Name: American Music By: Violent Femmes
Posted By: ,,, Difficulty: Any
Key: C Genre: General
Harp Type: Diatonic
Created: 2013-08-05 19:17:03 Modified: 2013-08-05 19:17:43


Song:

Can I, can I put in something like: "This is American Music. Take one."

 

1-2-3-4!

 

3   5    4  4 4 4 4  -4 5   5  5   4 -5 -5 -5  5 -4

Do you like American music? I like  American   music.

-4     5   4    4 4 4 4 -4 5   4 -3” 3

Don't you like American music, b-a-by?

 

5  4    4  4   -4  5   5  5    5    -5   5 -4   4

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

5  4    4  4   -4  5   -3” 3

I want you to hold me, baby

 8   7  7   7  7 7  -8  8   8  8  -9  -9 -9 8 -8

Did you do too many dru-gs? I did too many dru-gs.

 8   7  7   7  7 7   -8     8   -3” 3

Did you do too many drugs, too, baby?

 

 5   5    5   -6   -6   5  5   5   -6’ -6’ 5

You were born too late, I was born too so-on,

 5  -4 4   4   4   4  4    4  5 -4 5 -4   4    4 -4  4  4   6

But every time I look at that ugly mo-on, it reminds me of you.

4    4 -4  4  4   4     6  6  6

It reminds me of you... oh-oh-oh.

 

5   4  4  4   4   4  -4 5     5    5    5  5   -5  -5 5 -4

I need a date to the pro-m, would you like to come a-lo-ng?

-4 -4 -4  4   -4 -4 -4   -5   -5  -5  -3” 3

  Nobody will go to the prom with me, baby.

-8   8 7     7   7 7 7 7  -8 8    

They didn't like American music,

 8    8 8    8    8 -9 -9 8  8 -8

they never heard  American   music.

-8   8 7      7   7   7 7   7  -8 -8 7 7 7  7   -3” 3

They didn't know the music was in my so-o-o-oul, baby.

 

 5   5    5   -6   -6   5  5   5   -6’ -6’ 5

You were born too soon, I was born too la-te,

 5  -4 4   4   4  4   4   4   5 -4 5 -4   4   4 -4   4   4  6 

But every time I look at that ugly la-ke, it reminds me of me.

4   4  -4  4  4  6

It reminds me of me.

4   4  -4  4  4  4

It reminds me of me.

6  6  6

Oh-oh-oh

 

 

-4  4   -4  4 4 4 4  -4 5

Do you like American music?

 5   5   5 -5 -5 -5   5 -4

“We like  American   music.”

5  4   4 4 4 4  -4 5    -3” 3

I like American music... Baby.

4   5   4   4 4 4 4  -4 5  

Do you like American music?

 5   5    5   -5  -5  5 -4

“We like all kinds of music.”

 4  5  4   4 4 4 4  -4 5   5     -3” 3

But I like American music best... baby.

 

 5   5     5  -6   -6   5  5   5   -6’ -6’ 5

You were born too late, I was born too la-te,

-4   4 4   4   4   4   4  4   5 -4 5 -4   4   4 -4   4  4   6

But every time I look at that ugly la-ke, it reminds me of me...

 

4   4 -4   4  4   6

it reminds me of me (x2)

 

The end is these 2 lines sung on top of each other at an increasingly rapid pace,

so I don’t know, just pick one of them and go with it I guess:

 

7   7 -8   7   7 9

it reminds me of me

4   5   5   4 -5 -5 -5  5 -4

Do you like  American   music?