Were An American Band Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

 0:00-0:23): D (you can jam on it)

Em F♯m Em D Em F♯m F Em D D

Verse

0:55-3:03):

Em Driving in the sF♯mouth, the Emmotor's on Dfire

D Let's Emput it F♯mout beFfore the fEmlames go Dhigher

Em Monday matiF♯mnéeEm, "Big Bully" orD "White Squall"

D So Emhard to F♯mchoose, wish Fwe could Emsee them Dall

D Some Emcollege in the sF♯mpring, the Emsound is all Dwrong

D We Gset the F♯mmains to our Ffavorite EmHootie sDong

Em Driving (not aF♯mgain), they're Emlate, car Dcrash

D We'll Gturn to F♯mlook unFless we're Emgoing too Dfast D

First part of solo

3:03-3:44): D Bm F♯m F♯m

 Second part of solo and outro (3:44-6:25): D Bm F♯m G , but feel free to replace the

G with F♯m occasionally.

 End in D.

If you want to give it a jazzy edge, play seventh major chords instead of normal majors

 and seventh minors instead of regular minors. For example, replace F♯m with F♯m7 and F

with FM7.

Listen to the song to get a feel for the rhythm and phrasing. Don't forget about

distortion! This is definitely one of the best, most underrated tracks from "I Can Feel the

Heart Beating as One"; the trippy, shoegaze-like atmosphere is very soothing, thanks to

the vocal and instrumental textures, which blend beautifully.