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