Bm  A  D    Bm  G  D


[Verse 1]
Bm            A        D
  We are graffiti on a subway train
G                    D
Two hands shape of a heart
Bm       A         D
  Lyrics on a Coca-Cola classic can
Bm                   D
  Promises whispered in the dark
Bm       D
  We are Hemingway in a dive bar
Bm                     D
  I love you in a dead language
Bm         D                             Bm
  Progress running through the telephone wires
         G                D
Sneakers hangin' by the laces


[Chorus]
           Bm         D
We are the back roads dirty water soul banks
         Bm          G             D
From the city to the country doing our thing, our way
Bm        A           D
Say things that I was gonna say
G              D                   Bm        A        D
Freedom of our age we are born and raised on American Slang
         Bm       A        D
Born and raise on American Slang, yeah


[Verse 2]
Bm       D
  We are vampires on Hollywood Boulevard
Bm           G                   D
  Angels and sinners in our home town streets
Bm       D                           Bm
  An autobiography in a sleeve tattoo
           G                 D
Our broken hearts that still beat


[Chorus]
           Bm         D
We are the back roads dirty water soul banks
         Bm          G             D
From the city to the country doing our thing, our way
Bm        A           D
Say things that I was gonna say
G              D                   Bm        A        D
Freedom of our age we are born and raised on American Slang
         Bm       A        D
Born and raise on American Slang, yeah
         G                 D
Born and raise on American Slang, yeah


[Instrumental]
D      Bm  A  D      A  D    G    D


[Bridge]
        A           D
She was Marilyn and Daisy Duke
Bm                     D
  He was Dean and DiCaprio
Bm   A           D
Neon turned into LED
G                       D
Lost boys all came home singing


[Chorus]
           Bm         D
We are the back roads dirty water soul banks
         Bm          G             D
From the city to the country doing our thing, our way
Bm        A           D
Say things that I was gonna say
G              D                   Bm        A        D
Freedom of our age we are born and raised on American Slang
         Bm       A        D
Born and raise on American Slang, yeah


[Chorus]
           Bm         D
We are the back roads dirty water soul banks
         Bm          G             D
From the city to the country doing our thing, our way
Bm        A           D
Say things that I was gonna say
G              D                   Bm        A        D
Freedom of our age we are born and raised on American Slang
         Bm       A        D
Born and raise on American Slang