Mirsky Eytan - American Splendor Chords & Tabs

AMERICAN SPLENDOR
Words and music by Eytan Mirsky
The Timing was a little off when Eytan gave this to me,
so it was fixed. Enjoy,
Joe.

Intro:

| A       | Bm  D | A         | Bm   D  |

(A)                    (E)
I THOUGHT THAT I COULD BE SOMEBODY
(D)               (A)
IT LOOKS LIKE I WAS WRONG
(A)                     (E)
I THOUGHT THAT I COULD MAKE MY MARK, BUT
(D)                      (E)
I’M AFRAID I’VE WAITED MUCH TOO LONG, NOW

(A)         (Bm)       (D)
WHERE IS MY AMERICAN SPLENDOR
(A)               (Bm)       (D)
IN A WORLD THAT’S CLOUDY AND GRAY
(A)               (Bm)
WHERE LIFE KEEPS PASSING BY ME
(D)         (E)
DAY BY DAY-AY-AY?


(A)                    (E)
THEY TOLD ME I SHOULD GRIN AND BEAR IT
(D)                 (A)
WHENEVER LIFE GETS ROUGH
(A)                   (E)
THEY TOLD ME I SHOULD SIT IN SILENCE
(D)                  (E)
BUT NOW I GUESS I’VE HAD ENOUGH, AND
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/mirsky_eytan/american_splendor_crd.html ]
(A)         (Bm)       (D)
WHERE IS MY AMERICAN SPLENDOR
(A)               (Bm)       (D)
IN A WORLD THAT’S CLOUDY AND GRAY
(A)                (Bm)
WHERE LIFE KEEPS PASSING BY ME
(D)        (E)
DAY BY DAY-AY-AY?

       (F#m)        (G)
I’M NO HERO, JUST A GUY
               (Bm)    (D)       (E)
WHO WAS BORN TO LIVE, SUFFER AND DIE
       (F#m)         (G)
I’M A MAN, JUST LIKE YOU
            (Bm)                  (D)
BUT I’LL SHOUT AT THE TOP OF MY VOICE
                  (E)
‘TILL MY POINT GETS THROUGH

(A)                       (E)
I THOUGHT THAT LIFE WAS ONE LONG STRUGGLE
(D)                 (A)
IT LOOKS LIKE I WAS RIGHT
(A)                 (E)
I KNOW I’LL NEVER WIN THIS WAR, BUT
(D)                        (E)
I WON’T GIVE UP WITHOUT A FIGHT, AND

(A)         (Bm)       (D)
WHERE IS MY AMERICAN SPLENDOR
(A)               (Bm)       (D)
IN A WORLD THAT’S CLOUDY AND GRAY
(A)               (Bm)
WHERE LIFE KEEPS PASSING BY ME
(D)          (E)
DAY BY DAY-AY-AY?

(A)         (Bm)       (D)
WHERE IS MY AMERICAN SPLENDOR
(A)         (Bm)       (D)
WHERE IS MY AMERICAN SPLENDOR…
(A)         (Bm)       (D)
WHERE IS MY AMERICAN SPLENDOR…