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Ian Hunter - All American Alien Boy

Chord diagram for C
Chord diagram for F
Chord diagram for G
      [Intro]
C F G C
C F G C

[Verse 1]
C                                                         F
Well I packed my bags in the land of rags, 'Cos I don't believe in them dimmo drags
                         G                                                       C
Don't wanna vote for the left wing, don't wanna vote for the right, I gotta have both to make me fly
C                                                                F
Just a whitey from Blighty heading out west, got my little green card and my bulletproof vest
                  G                                             C   F          C   G
Going to old tube city, where the buzz is the best, on down the line, down the line

[Interlude]
C F G F C
C C G C

[Verse 2]
C                                       F
Well I was born and I was raised. I was schooled and I was fazed
          G                                 C    F            C     G
And I was used and I was dazed, just had to split, 'cos I was crazed
C                                                         F
Well I remember all the good times me and Miller enjoyed, up and down the M1 in some luminous yo-yo toy
        G
But the future has to change and to change, I've got to destroy
    C
Oh, look out Lennon, here I come, land ahoy-hoy-hoy

[Chorus]
C                                    F
All American Alien Boy. All American Alien Boy
             G                       C
All American Alien Boy. All American Alien Boy

[Interlude]
C F G C

[Bridge]
G                                                   F                 C
Don't look down, put your feet on the ground, don't drown in the big aquarium
G                                              F             C
Don't walk slow, put on a big show, shove your meat down vegetarians
G
Don't get slugged, get mugged, get bugged or, they'll sling you in the jug
                                                                    C
Shove you under some rug, give you some drug, pull out the plug and then

[Interlude]
C F G C

[Verse 3]
C
And they're telling me this hamburger's cheaper than the other

And this television's cheaper than the other
            F
And they're selling me hot dogs cheaper than the other

And these pizzas cheaper than the other
      G                                                         C
And I don't understand all this, I'm just an All American Alien Boy

[Verse 4]
C
And they're telling me rifles are shot in Connecticut

They're telling me pistols are shot in Westchester
F
You can get a Saturday night special on Flatbush

On the Bowery, or the Bronx, or on 42nd Street
      G                                                      C
And I don't understand all this, being an All American Alien Boy

[Verse 5]
C
I've got sodium nitrate rotting in my guts, my head's full of ulcers
                              F
I got lungs full of butts, my heart wants a transplant

It thinks that I'm nuts, my logic won't open, my eyes won't shut
          G                                                    C
And I'm beginning to dig all this, being an All American Alien Boy

[Verse 6]
C
And your women are always right, they always know so much more
         F
'Cos the women came from heaven and the men came outta some store
         G
And they don't know who they are and they don't know what they're for
            C
Well I'm an All American Alien Boy, look out Mary Tyler Moore

[Chorus]
C                                    F
All American Alien Boy. All American Alien Boy
             G                       C
All American Alien Boy. All American Alien Boy

C                       F
All American Alien Boy. All American Alien Boy
G                     C
All American Alien Boy. All American Alien, All American Alien Boy

C                       F
All American Alien Boy. All American Alien Boy
G                     C
All American Alien Boy. All American Alien, All American Alien Boy

[Verse 7]
C
Ten Bears, Two Bears, Standing Bear, Plenty Bear, Old Bear, Brave Bear, Hollow Horn Bear
F
Silver Knife, Spotted Tail, Yellow Hand, Red Cloud, rRed Fox, Red Horse, Black Kettle
G
White Ghost, White Bull, White Thunder, White Hog, hold on a minute gotta frog in my throat
C
Cochise, Alchise, Roman Nose, Geronimo, hold on a minute, more to go

[Verse 8]
C
Sitting Bull, Tall Bull, Crazy Horse, Short Bull, Low Dog, Red Dog, Yellow Wolf, Low Wolf
F
Loco, Victorio, Chato, Little Crow, Dead Eyes, Jak, Taza, and Colorow
   G
My mouth's exploiting, that's enough of this noise

[Outro]
              C         F       G     C
I guess we're all, All American Alien Boys
    

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