(intro / verse / bridge / solo)
  g#  g#   d#   d#   c#   c#   ab   ab
e|----|----|----|----|----|----|4~~~|4~~~|
A|----|----|6~~~|6~~~|4~~~|4~~~|----|----|   (x2)
D|6~~~|6~~~|----|----|----|----|----|----|   ====
g|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|

(verse 1)
  g#                       g#
  we don't have no plastic l.a. friends
e|------------------------|--------------|
a|------------------------|--------------|
d|6~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|6~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
g|------------------------|--------------|

  d#                      d#
  ain't on the edge of no popular trend
e|-----------------------|--------------|
a|6~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|6~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
d|-----------------------|--------------|
g|-----------------------|--------------|

  c#                          c#                    ab   ab
  ain't never seen the inside of that magazine g    q
e|---------------------------|----------------------|4~~~|4~~~|
a|4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|----|----|
d|---------------------------|----------------------|----|----|
g|---------------------------|----------------------|----|----|

(verse 2) (example)
G#                                 g#
We don't care if you 're a lawyer, or a texas oil man
D#                           d#
Or some waitress busting ass in some liquor stand
C#               c#                                ab    ab
If you got soul, we hang out with people just like you

(chorus)
  g#                d#
  my hair's turning white,
e|------------------|------|
A|------------------|6-----|~~~  (let ring)
d|6~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|----|
g|------------------|----|

                        c#
  my neck's always been red,
e|---------------------|-----|
A|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|4~~~~~  (ring)
d|---------------------|-----|
g|---------------------|-----|

                 ab                       bb
My collar's still blue, we've always been here
e|---------------|4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|------|
a|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|-----------------------|------|
D|---------------|-----------------------|8-----|~~~  (ring)
g|---------------|-----------------------|------|

                        f
Just trying to sing the truth to you.
e|---------------------|--------------|
A|---------------------|8-------------|~~~~~~~~~~~  (ring)
d|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|--------------|
g|---------------------|--------------|

               d#                    c#              ab
Yes, you could say we've always been red, white, and blue
e|------------|---------------------|---------------|4~~~|
a|------------|6~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|----|
d|~~~~~~~~~~~~|---------------------|---------------|----|
g|------------|---------------------|---------------|----|

(intro 2x)
(verse)
(chorus)
(bridge)
(verse)
(chorus)
(piano/guitar solo)
(verse)
(chorus 2x)
(outro)