D#                        C#
Choose from any number of magazines
            D#
Who do you want to be?
               C#
Billy Idol or Kool Moe Dee?

[Chorus 1]
            B                  G#
If you're afraid they might discover
      C#     F#
Your redneck past
             B              G#
There are a hundred ways to cover
      C#     F#
Your redneck past
        F#     G#      A#/F
They'll never send you home

[Verse 2]
D#                               C#
Roots: the funny limbs that grow underground
                    D#
That keep you from fallin' down
                          C#
Don't you think that you need 'em now?

[Chorus 2]
            B                  G#
Just find a place where no one knows of
      C#     F#
Your redneck past
              B        G#              C#     F#
Yeah, you can easily dispose of your redneck past
       F#         G#       A#/F
You'll show them all back home

[Bridge]
D#maj7
Desole
         C#maj9
Je suis American
               D#maj7
Please cook my steak again
         C#maj9
Je suis American
F#/B
Desole
            D#maj7
Je ne parle pas francais

B G#
  ([Yelled] Yo! Yeah? Yo! Break em off! Break em off!)

[Verse 3]
D#                C#
Laws- vary from state to state
             D#
Getcha some books on tape
                C#
To learn about holes in space

[Chorus 3]
          B                  G#
If you're afraid they might uncover
      C#     F#
Your redneck ass
            B               G#           C#     F#
There are a hundred ways to cover your redneck past
        B     G#      C#   F#
Ohohoh, oh oh ohohoh ohoh ohhh
     F#       G#       A#/F
It's good to be back home