Your Best American Girl - Mitski, ukulele chords

Published: 2022-02-07 13:43
Selection chords: Ethan Cooper

A D G F#m D A D G A D

Verse:
A     D          G               F#
If I could, Iʼd be your little spoon
      D       A  D     G  A   F#
And kiss your fingers forevermore
A          D         G              F#
But, big spoon, you have so much to do
    D       A  D    G  A     D
And I have nothing ahead of me

A D A D

A          D            G
Youʼre the sun, youʼve never seen the
F#
night
    D        A   D             G  A
But you hear its song from the morning
F#
birds
A                 D         G
Well, Iʼm not the moon, Iʼm not even a
F#
star
    D         A    D        G      A
But awake at night Iʼll be singing to
    D
the birds

Pre-chorus:
G     A    Bm  F#m  G A     D
Donʼt wait for me,  I canʼt come

Chorus:
D           G          Bm
Your mother wouldnʼt approve of how my
F#m            G
mother raised me
      D     A
But I do, I think I do
    D              G          Bm
And youʼre an All-American boy
          F#m          G         D
I guess I couldnʼt help trying to be
          G    A    D
your best American girl

D   A x3
F#m G

Verse:
A         D
Youʼre the one
       G            F#m
Youʼre all I ever wanted
        D      A
I think Iʼll regret this

D G A Bm G A D D

Chorus:
G           A               Bm
Your mother wouldnʼt approve of how my
  F#m           G
mother raised me
      D      A
But I do, I finally do
     G            A        Bm
And youʼre an All-American boy
          F#m           G        D
I guess I couldnʼt help trying to be
        A          D
the best American girl
D           G               Bm
Your mother wouldnʼt approve of how my
  F#m           G
mother raised me
      D      G     A
But I do, I think I do

Outro:
D A Bm F#m G
D G A D