Intro
Living the g[F]good life full of goodbyes
My eyes are on the grey skies
Saying I d[G]don't want to come home tonight
Yeah, and I'm h[F]high up, off what?
I don't even remember
But my fr[G]friend passed out in the Uber ride.
Pre-Chorus
Oh, I'm from the c[F]city of the 9-1-5
Where all the girls are [G]pretty
And they're down for the hype
All my boys are [F]with me
Going up for the night
But who [G]cares, who cares
'Cause this is our [F]year.
Chorus
[C]So wake me up in the [G]spring
While I'm high off
my American [F]dream
[C]We don't always say what we [G]mean
That's the lie of an American [F]teen
Maybe the e[F]end is near
But I've been waiting all year
To get the[G]the hell up out of here
And thro[F]throw away my fears
I'm so faded (I'm so faded)
Off of all the thin[G]things that I've taken and
Maybe I'm[F]I'm not really drunk
Maybe I'm really [G]good at faking
From the ci[F]city of the 915
Where all the girls are [G]pretty
And they're down for the hype
All my boys are [F]with me
Going up for the night
But who c[G]cares, who cares
'Cause this is our [F]year
Chorus
[C]So wake me up in the [G]Spring
While I'm high off my
American [F]dream (American dream)
[C]We don't always say what we [G]mean
It's the life of an American [F]teen (American teen)
[C]My youth is the foundation of [G]me
Living life as an Americ[F]American teen (American teen)
[F]American teen, oh yeah
[C]We don't always say what we [G]mean
When we're high off our American [F]dream
[C]My youth is the foundation of [G]me
Oh, I'm proud to be Americ[F]American
[C]So wake me up in the S[G]Spring
While I'm high off my Ameri[F]American dream
[C]And we don't always say what we [G]mean
It's the life of an American [F]teen (American teen)
[C]My youth is the foundation of [G]me
Living life as an American [F]teen (American teen)
American t[C]teen
American [F]teen, oh yeah
American t[C]teenager
And I'll be liv[G]living this dream with you
W[C]We don't always say what we [G]mean
When we're high off our [F]American teen
[C]My youth is the foundation of[G]of me
Oh, I'm proud to be Amer[F]American