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