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