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 Do I have to change my name? • Will it get me far?

Should I lose some weight? • Am I gonna be a star?

I tried to be a boy • I tried to be a girl • I tried to be a mess

 I tried to be the best • I guess I did it wrong • that's why I wrote this song

 This type of modern life? • Is it for me?

This type of modern life? • Is it for free?

So I went into a bar • Looking for simpathy • A little company

 I tried to find a friend • It's more easily said • It's always been the same

F#m [5+] [5+]

This type of modern life • Is not for me

[5+] [5+]

This type of modern life • Is not for free

American life

I live the American dream

 You are the best thing I've seen

 You are not just a dream

I tried to stay ahead • I tried to stay on top • I tried to play the part

 but somehow I forgot • just what I did it for • and why I wanted more

F#m [5+] [5+]

This type of modern life • is it for me?

[5+] [5+]

This type of modern life • is it for free?

F#m [5+] [5+]

Do I have to change my name? • Will it get me far?

[5+] [5+]

Should I lose some weight? • Am I gonna be a star?

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American life

[2]

I live the American dream

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You are the best thing I've seen

  [2]

You are not just a dream

[2]

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I tried to be a boy • I tried to be a girl • I tried to be a mess

[5+] [5+] [5+]

I tried to be the best • I tried to find a friend • I tried to stay ahead

[5+]

I tried to stay on top

F#m [5+] [5+]

Do I have to change my name? • Will it get me far?

[5+] [5+]

Should I lose some weight? • Am I gonna be a star?

[5+]

Ah • Ah • Ah • Ah

[5+]

I'm drinking a soy latte • I get a double shotte

It goes right through my body • And you know I'm satisfied

I dropped my mini cooper • And I'm feeling super-duper

Yo they tell I'm a trooper • And you know I'm satisfied

I do yoga and pilates • And the room is full of hotties

so I'm checking out the bodies • And you know I'm satisfied

I'm digging on the isotopes • This metaphysic's shit is dope

And if all this can give me hope • You know I'm satisfied

I've got a lawyer and a manager • An agent and a chef

Three nannies, an assistant • And a driver and a jet

A trainer and a butler • And a bodyguard or five

A gardener and a stylist • Do you think I'm satisfied?

I'd like to express my extreme point of view

I'm not a Christian and I'm not a Jew

I'm just living out the American dream

And I just realized that nothing is what it seems

Do I have to change my name?

Am I gonna be a star?

Do I have to change my name?

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When a chord variation is specified between square brackets,

change rapidly from the chord to its variation and back.

stefano j attardi (attardi.org)