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American English Tab

by Idlewild


This version is very simple to play, for those of us that are just learning, but its
sounds great.  Its in the same key as the acoustic version you can download off of
KEXP Seattle's website.

Enjoy!!

IDLEWILD - AMERICAN ENGLISH 

Capo on Fret 4

Verse 1

                                    
Songs when they're true, are all dedicated to you
           
In this invisible world I choose to live in
                                   
And if you believe that for now I understand
                      
Why words mean so much to you
                   
They'll never be about you


Verse 2

Maybe you're young without youth
                                           
Maybe you're old without, knowing anything's true
                        
I think you're young without youth....


Pre Chorus  - drums begin, riff stops.

                        
Then you contract the American dream
               
You never look up once
DV                  
You've contracted American dreams
                           (slide up to )
I require you to stop and look up.


Chorus

                
Sing a song about myself
                          
Keep singing a song about myself
                         
Not some invisible world






Verse 3 - same chords as above

Constantly searching to find something new
But what will you find when you think that nothing's true?
Maybe it's that nothing is new

Verse 4

So you let me hear songs that were written all about you
Because songs weren't written for you
They'll never be about you

(Pre Chorus)

(Chorus x 2)

Middle Part

                                                    
And I won't tell you what this means, cause you already know
And I won't tell you what this means, cause you already know...

Sooo, Sing a song about myself
Keep singing a song about myself
Not some invisible world


                                      
You came along and found the weak spot - that you've always wanted
                                
Let yourself be everything that you’ve always wanted             
(While this is sung - the chorus is sung)
                                        
It doesn’t have to be so silent - that you've always wanted
                                  
No need for explanations - that you've always wanted

Ending

                                  
You'll find, what you find when you find there’s nothing (x 2)


End on