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