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