Intro: CFCGCFCG
I posted pictures on my Facebook site
CFCA shooting star in a long dark night
GAmA lonely kid beneath the basement light
FAmC
With thunder in his hands
FCG
My parents wonder if I'm doing alright
CFC
They keep the gun case locked up tight
GAmF
With the key hanging there in plain sight
AmF
While I make my plans
CG
It won't be long before I come undone
CF
There's no tomorrow for a wayward son
CG
What will they say then 'bout their pride and joy
FAmC
Their American boy?
FCG
It's not the world they always said it would be
CFCA shining pearl waiting there for me
GAmA golden girl who would care for me
FAmCA future I could own
FCG
They messed my mind with every kind of med
CFC
Now voices whisper in my head
GAm
Telling me softly I'll be better off dead
FAmF
But I'm not going alone
CG
It won't be long before I come undone
CF
I'm gonna blow my world to kingdom come
CG
Once I was someone's only pride and joy
FAmC
An American boy, American boy
Instrumental: CFCGCGAmFAmFCG
It won't be long before my time has come
CF
I won't be sorry for this thing I've done
CG
Maybe somewhere there's everlasting joy
FAmC
For an American boy, American boy
FCG
I built a bomb down in the basement light
CFC
Went to the prom on a Saturday night
GAmF
I didn't blow it 'cause the time's not right
Am
But it's close at hand
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.