Intro
D G Bm A x6
[Verse 1]
D Bm
The portrait of a real American boy
Em
He keeps his insecurities at bay
A F#/A#
The King of Belle Vernon P.A.
D
He's got a car his friends
Bm
and him take up to the lake
Em
To narrowly escape this town's
Em
like glue they say Cause
A F#/A#
once you're here you stay
D G Bm A D Bm A
The portrait of a real American boy
[Chorus 1]
D F#m Bm
And it don't come easy
G F#m
He's just working as hard
A D
as he can But you'll never
F#m Bm
know if you don't let go
Em
Of you to find your
A D G Bm A D G Bm A
own identity identity
[Verse 2]
D Bm
The boy became a real American man
Em
The product of a past that makes him mad
A F#/A#
And now he's turned into his dad
D
He still works at the gas station
Bm
doing tune-ups "Man I think
Em
I had a shot," he'd say
A F#/A#
"if only I could only catch a break"
D G Bm A D Bm A
The portrait of a real American boy
[Chorus 2]
D F#m Bm
And it don't come easy
G F#m
He's just working as hard
A D
as he can But you'll never
F#m Bm
know if you don't let go
Em
Of you to find your
A D
own identity
F#m Bm
And it don't come easy
G F#m
He's just working as hard
A D
as he can But you'll never
F#m Bm
know if you don't let go
Em
Of you to find your
A D G Bm A D G Bm A
own identity identity
[Bridge]
G D
What's all this for?
Bm C
What are we ever working towards?
G D
The jobs and lovers always came
Bm C G A
and went The story of his life
Bm Bm
is etched into a vinyl And on
C
both sides he hears his famous
A C
friends And now it all makes
A G Em A
sense yeah yeah yeah
[Chorus 3]
D F#m Bm
And it don't come easy
G F#m
He's just working as hard
A D
as he can But you'll never
F#m Bm
know if you don't let go
Em
Of you to find your
A D
own identity
F#m Bm
And it don't come easy
G F#m
He's just working as hard
A D
as he can But you'll never
F#m Bm
know if you don't let go
Em
Of you to find your
A D G Bm A D G Bm A
own identity identity
D G Bm A D A Bm A D