C   C   C   C   Dm  Dm  F   F    G    G   Am
G   F   F   G   G   F   F   Fm   Fm   C   C

[Verse 1]
C                E7
Isn't she lovely
E7                F
Her hair so pretty
    Fm         G             G7
But they never tell you about
    G            C
The things like

C                   E7
Her eating disorder
               A          C      F
Or the clothes that she's stolen
       Dm                 G7
Or the things she says behind your back
     G         C
When nobody's looking


[Chorus]
Em                   D
Cause, oh she's so Americana
Em               D
  She's such the prima donna
C                          F
When everyone wants to believe
                G
That somebody's perfect

    C                     F
And everyone wants to believe
                G
That somebody's real


[Verse 2]
   Dm   F     G
Beneath every pearl
Am        G        F
There's a speck of dirt
G             Dm
Waiting to be cleaned

   Dm   F     G
Beneath every pearl
Am        C        F
There's a speck of dirt
G             F       F  G  C
Waiting to be cleaned

C                  E7
 Isn't he handsome
            E       F
The varsity captain
F                   G     G7
But they never tell you about
     G
The things like

C                          E7
  His criminal convictions
       Em7           E7   F
Or his date-rape victims
F                   G
Or his drinking problem
G
That makes his temper go foul


[Chorus]
Em           Dm
Oh he's so Americana
Em              Dm
  He's such the prima donna
C                         F
When everyone wants to believe
                G
That somebody's perfect

    C                    F
And everyone wants to believe
                 G
That somebody's real


[Bridge]
   Dm   F      G
Beneath every pearl
Am         G       F
There's a speck of dirt
G             Dm
Waiting to be cleaned
   Dm   F     G
Beneath every pearl
Am        C        F
There's a speck of dirt
G          F   Fm
Waiting to be cleaned


[Solo]
C  C  C  C   E  E  E  E   F  F  F  F   G  G  G  G
C  C  C  C   E  E  E  E   F  F  F  F   G  G  G  G


[Chorus]
Em           D
Oh he's so Americana
Em              D
  He's such the prima donna
C                         F
When everyone wants to believe
                G
That somebody's perfect

    C                    F
And everyone wants to believe
                G    G  G
That somebody's real
   Dm   F     G
Beneath every pearl
Am         G       F
There's a speck of dirt
G          F           F F F F
Waiting to be cleaned


[Solo]
C  C   Dm  Dm   F  F  F  F   C  C  Dm  Dm  F  F  F  F
C  C   Dm  Dm   F  F  F  F   C  C  Dm  Dm  F  F  F  F


[Outro]
C                Dm
La, la-de-da-da  da-da
         F
La de da da
C                Dm
La, da-da-da-da  da-da
       F  F  F  F  F
Da-da-da