American Life  Madonna  
  
  
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  F##m  
 Do I have to change my name?  Will it get me far?  
 Should I lose some weight?  Am I gonna be a star? 
  
 F##m 
 I tried to be a boy  I tried to be a girl  I tried to be a mess 
                   C##                                                      Bm 
 I tried to be the best  I guess I did it wrong  that`s why I wrote this song 
              F##m 
 This type of modern life?  Is it for me? 
 This type of modern life?  Is it for free? 
  
 F##m 
 So I went into a bar  Looking for simpathy  A little company 
                   C##                                                    Bm 
 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 
  
  
 F##m      C##m 
 American life 
 F##m                 C##m 
 I live the American dream 
     Bm                      C##m 
 You are the best thing I`ve seen 
     Bm             C##m 
 You are not just a dream 
  
  
 F##m 
 I tried to stay ahead  I tried to stay on top  I tried to play the part 
                  C##                                              Bm 
 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? 
  
  
 F##m      C##m  2  
 American life 
 F##m                 C##m  2  
 I live the American dream 
     Bm  2                   C##m 
 You are the best thing I`ve seen 
     Bm  2          C##m 
 You are not just a dream 
  
 Bm  2     C##m 
 Bm  2     C##m 
  
 F##m 
 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? 
 F##m   5+                     F##m   5+  
 Should I lose some weight?  Am I gonna be a star? 
  
 F##m   5+  
 Ah  Ah  Ah  Ah 
  
 F##m   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? 
  
  
  
 When a chord variation is specified between square brackets, 
 change rapidly from the chord to its variation and back. 
  
 stefano j attardi  attardi.org