Intro: |
Em7 B Am Am |
Emaj7 |
Emaj7 |
This a number-one champion sound |
Cmaj7 |
Yeah, Estelle |
Am |
We 'bout to get down, get down |
Am |
Who the hottest in the world |
Am |
Right now |
Am |
Just touched down in |
D Emaj7 |
London town |
Emaj7 |
Bet they give me a pound |
Cmaj7 |
Tell them put the money in |
Cmaj7 |
My hand right now |
Cmaj7 |
Yes |
Am |
Tell the promoter |
Am |
We need more seats |
Am |
We just sold out |
Fmaj7 |
All the floor seats |
E |
Take me on a trip |
Cmaj7 |
I'd like to go some day |
Am |
Take me to New York |
D |
I'd love to see LA |
E Cmaj7 |
I really want to come kick |
Cmaj7 |
It with you |
Am |
You'll be my American boy |
Bridge: |
Fmaj7 Emaj7 |
Cmaj7 |
He said, "Hey, sister |
Cmaj7 |
It's really |
Am |
Really nice to meet you." |
I just met this 5-foot-7 |
D Emaj7 |
Guy who's just my type |
Cmaj7 |
Like the way he's speaking |
Am |
His confidence is peaking |
Am |
Don't like his baggy jeans |
D Emaj7 |
But I'm 'a like what's underneath |
Emaj7 |
Them |
Cmaj7 |
And, no, I ain't been to MIA |
Am |
I heard that Cali never rains |
D |
And New York's wide awake |
Emaj7 |
First let's see the West End |
Cmaj7 |
I'll show you to my brethren |
I'm liking this American boy |
E |
American boy |
E |
Take me on a trip |
Cmaj7 |
I'd like to go some day |
Am |
Take me to New York |
D |
I'd love to see LA |
E Cmaj7 |
I really want to come kick |
Cmaj7 |
It with you |
Am |
You'll be my American boy |
Fmaj7 Emaj7 |
American boy |
Cmaj7 |
Can we get away this weekend? |
Am |
Take me to Broadway |
Am |
Let's go shopping, maybe |
D Emaj7 |
Then we'll go to a café |
Cmaj7 |
Let's go on the subway |
Am |
Take me to your hood |
Am |
I never been to Brooklyn |
Fmaj7 Emaj7 |
And I'd like to see what's good |
Cmaj7 |
Dress in all your fancy clothes |
Am |
Sneakers looking fresh to death |
D |
I'm loving those Shell Toes |
Emaj7 |
Walking that walk |
Cmaj7 |
Talk that slick talk |
Am |
I'm liking this American boy |
Fmaj7 E |
American boy |
E |
Take me on a trip |
Cmaj7 |
I'd like to go some day |
Am |
Take me to New York |
D |
I'd love to see LA |
E Cmaj7 |
I really want to come kick |
Cmaj7 |
It with you |
Am |
You'll be my American boy |
Tell 'em wagwan blud |
E |
Who killing 'em in the UK |
Cmaj7 Am |
Everybody gonna say, "You, K." |
Am |
Reluctantly 'cause most of |
Fmaj7 |
This press don't fuck with me |
Emaj7 |
Estelle once said to me |
Emaj7 |
"Cool down, down |
Cmaj7 |
Don't act a fool now, now." |
Am |
I always act a fool. Oww, oww |
D Emaj7 |
Ain't nothing new now now |
Emaj7 |
He crazy. |
Cmaj7 |
I know what you thinking |
Cmaj7 |
Ribena I know what |
Am |
You're drinking |
Am |
Rap singer. Chain blinger |
Am |
Holler at the next chick |
D Emaj7 |
Soon as you're blinking |
What's your persona |
Cmaj7 Am |
About this Americana rhymer? |
Am |
Am I shallow 'cause all my |
D Emaj7 |
Clothes designer |
Emaj7 |
Dressed smart like a London bloke |
Emaj7 |
Yes |
Cmaj7 |
Before he speak his suit bespoke |
And you thought he was cute before |
Look at this peacoat |
Emaj7 |
Tell me he's broke |
Emaj7 |
And I know you ain't into all that |
Cmaj7 |
I heard your lyrics I feel |
Cmaj7 |
Your spirit |
Am |
But I still talk that cash |
Am |
'Cause a lot of wags |
D Emaj7 |
Wanna hear it |
Emaj7 |
And I'm feeling like Mike |
Cmaj7 |
At his baddest |
Am |
Like The Pips at they Gladys |
Am |
And I know they love it |
Am |
So to hell with |
Fmaj7 Emaj7 |
All that rubbish |
Bridge: |
Emaj7 Cmaj7 Em7 Emaj7 x4 |
Cmaj7 |
Would you be my love, my love? |
Am |
Could you be mine? |
D |
Would you be my love, my love? |
Emaj7 |
Could you be mine? |
Cmaj7 |
Could you be my love, my love? |
Am |
Would you be my American boy |
D Emaj7 |
American boy? |
Bridge: |
Emaj7 Cmaj7 Em7 Emaj7 x4 |
E |
Take me on a trip |
Cmaj7 |
I'd like to go some day |
Am |
Take me to Chicago |
D |
San Francisco Bay |
E Cmaj7 |
I really want to come kick |
Cmaj7 |
It with you |
Am |
You'll be my American boy |
Am |
Be my American boy |
Fmaj7 Emaj7 |
American boy |
Cmaj7 Am |
La la la la la li la |
D Emaj7 |
La la la la la li la |
Ending: |
Em7 Emaj7 Emaj7 Cmaj7 x4 |