Tone: [G]
Intro:
[G] [C]
Verse 1:
[G] I remember we were only sixteen at the time[C]time
We stole your daddy's car the day[D]day you learned to drive[G]drive
You nearly killed us both a half mile down the road[C]road
Yeah, we were upside down and mo[D]moving in slow [Em]motion
Pre-Chorus:
We're just floating
So wild and free[D]free
And it all made sense to me
Chorus:
If [G]I'm gonna die a young American
And [C]this was the final night we'd ever have again
I'd [Em]be just fine as long as I'm wherever you are[C]are
'Cause you stole my young, American heart[G]heart
Verse 2:
Well, it's been a long two years since you have left the count[C]country
And now, you and I, we're living in[D]in some crazy[G]crazy times
And I get so scared we'll never make it through our twen[C]twenties
And we'll lose it all for nothing, no[D]nothing
Chorus:
If [G]I'm gonna die a young American
And [C]this was the final night we'd ever have again
I'd [Em]be just fine as long as I'm wherever you are[C]are
'Cause you stole my young, A[D]American heart[G]heart
Bridge:
[G] My young, American heart, my young, American heart
[C] You stole my, you stole my American heart
[G] My young, American heart, my
young, American heart,[C]heart, you stole my, you stole my American heart
[Em] My young, American heart, my young,
American heart,[C]heart, you stole my, you stole my American heart
Chorus:
[G]I'm gonna die a young American
And [C]this was the final night we'd ever have again
I'd [Em]be just fine as long as I'm wherever you are[C]are
'Cause you stole my young, American heart[G]heart
Outro:
My young, American heart[C]heart
My young, American heart[Em]heart
My young, American[C]American
'Cause you stole my young, American heart