Verse 1
[G]
Living the good life full of goodbyes
[C]
My eyes are on the grey skies
[Bm] [D]
Saying I don't want to come home tonight
[G]
Yeah, and I'm high up, off what?
[C]
I don't even remember
[Bm] [D]
But my friend passed out in the Uber ride
Pre-Chorus
[G] [C]
Oh, I'm from the city of the 9-1-5
[Bm]
Where all the girls are pretty
[D]
And they're down for the hype
[G]
All my boys are with me
[C]
Going up for the night
[Bm] [D]
But who cares, who cares
[G]
'Cause this is our year
Chorus
[C] [Bm]
So wake me up in the spring
[D] [G]
While I'm high off my American dream
[G] [C]
We don't always say what we mean
[Bm] [D]
That's the lie of an American teen
Verse 2
[G]
Maybe the end is near
[C]
But I've been waiting all year
[Bm]
To get the hell up out of here
[D]
And throw away my fears
[G]
I'm so faded (I'm so faded)
[C]
Off of all the things that I've taken, and
[Bm]
Maybe I'm not really drunk
[D]
Maybe I'm really good at faking
Pre-Chorus
[G] [C]
Oh, I'm from the city of the 9-1-5
[Bm]
Where all the girls are pretty
[D]
And they're down for the hype
[G]
All my boys are with me
[C]
Going up for the night
[Bm] [D]
But who cares, who cares
[G]
'Cause this is our year
Chorus
[C] [Bm]
So wake me up in the spring
[D] [G]
While I'm high off my American dream
[G] [C]
We don't always say what we mean
[Bm] [D]
That's the lie of an American teen
Bridge
[G] [C] [Bm]
My youth is the foundation of me
[D] [G]
Living life as an American teen (American teen)
[C] [Bm]
American teen
[D]
Mmm, oh yeah
[G] [C] [Bm]
We don't always say what we mean
[D] [G]
When we're high off our American teen
[C] [Bm]
My youth is the foundation of me
[D] [G]
Oh, I'm proud to be American
Chorus
[C] [Bm]
So wake me up in the spring
[D] [G]
While I'm high off my American (American dream)
[C] [Bm]
And we don't always say what we mean
[D] [G]
It's the lie of an American teen
[C] [Bm]
My youth is the foundation of me
[D] [G]
Living life as an American teen
[C] [Bm] [D]
American teen (American teen)
Outro
[G] [C] [Bm] [D] [G] [C]
American Teenager
[Bm] [D]
And I'll be living this dream with you
[Chant]
[G] [C]
We don't always say what we mean
[Bm] [D]
When we're high off our American teen
[G] [C] [Bm]
My youth is the foundation of me
[D]
Oh, I'm proud to be American
