Red-Blooded American Boy
By Kevin Montgomery

G   C   G   C

Verse 1
G                      C       
See you dancin’ in the corner with
     D               C        
All of your best girlfriends
G            C                     D            
Laughin’ and singin’ these are the days of
          C            
Your innocence
G                        C          D     
All us boys want in your circle but we
                 C
Don’t dare break in
G                       D          G  C  G                 
I’m leanin’ against the wall thinkin’

Chorus
G          C              D      
While your laugh is still easy
         Am             Em     
And your heart is still light
              C               D                        
Why don’t you dance with this red-blooded
Am              Em       
American boy tonight
            C              D
’Cause your life is just a breath
    Am                  Em
And tonight is just the dance
                 C              
So why don’t you give this red-blooded
D        C       G          
American boy the chance

Verse 2
G              C             
A woman stands beside me in my mind
    D                   C        
Her hair has a touch of gray
G                 C  
Sometimes I just shut my mouth
           D                    C 
I know she knows what I’m gonna say
G                      C            
A look comes from her eyes
     D              C                
Only born of loving years
 G        D           
Sometimes I open up my mouth and
                 G   C G   
I fight back her tears
            
I say

Chorus
            C              D      
While your laugh is still easy
         Am             Em       
And your heart is still light
              C               D
Why don’t you dance with this red-blooded
 Am             Em
American boy tonight
            C              D 
’Cause your life is just a breath
    Am                   Em        
And tonight is just the dance
                 C     
So why don’t you give this red-blooded
D        C       G    
American boy the chance


D           Am            
Oh baby I’m out of control
            Em  
Don’t know which way to run
           D       
Don’t know which way to go
D                          Am
Oh these days it’s getting harder to live
       Em               C   D
We all need someone to hold onto
C                           D            
Just hold onto me and I’ll hold onto you
C                       D            
Dance with me - I wanna dance with you
C      D   Em    D C  D  Em D        
Oh oh oh   Oh      Oh Oh
            C              D      
While your laugh is still easy
         Am             Em       
And your heart is still light
              C               D
Why don’t you dance with this red-blooded
 Am             Em
American boy tonight
            C              D 
’Cause your life is just a breath
    Am                   Em        
And tonight is just the dance
                 C     
So why don’t you give this red-blooded
D        C       G    
American boy the chance