Biography:
American Football is an American emo/indie rock band from Urbana, Illinois, originally active from 1997 to 2000.
The band was formed by guitarist and singer Mike Kinsella (formerly of Cap'n Jazz, The One Up Downstairs, Joan of Arc, Owls and currently of Owen) and drummer Steve Lamos (formerly of The One Up Downstairs and currently of The Geese), and also included guitar player Steve Holmes.
The band had few live performances and disbanded less than a year after releasing their self-titled album; still
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[Verse 1]
Ab
Sensitivity deprived
Fm
I can't feel a thing inside
I blamed my father in my youth
Db
Now as a father, I blame the booze
Db Bbm Eb Ab
I have become uncomfortably numb
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Ab
Sensitivity deprived (Who's ugly side is the ugliest)
Fm
All my sympathy prescribed
I used to struggle in my youth (Who's hands are tied to a contorsionist)
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Now I'm used to struggling for two
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I have become uncomfortably numb
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[Chorus]
Ab
The lessons
Bbm Ab
(The lessons)
Ab
Are so much
Fm Eb
(Are so much)
Db
Less obvious
Ab
The further you get from home
Eb
(The further I get from home)
Ab
How will you exist
Eb
(How will I exist)
Db
Without consequence
Ab
I'll let you know
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[Verse 2]
Ab
We were gentle to begin
Fm
Then I pushed you around to break you in
Now whenever I try to be clear with you
Db
I only end up feeling see-through
Db Bbm
I've tried, but you've won
Eb Ab
Comatose, like father like son
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[Chorus 2]
Ab
The lessons
Bbm Ab
(The lessons)
Ab
Are so much
Fm Eb
(Are so much)
Db
Less obvious
Ab
The further you get from home
Eb
(The further I get from home)
Ab
How will you exist
Eb
(How will I exist)
Ab
I don't want to know
Db
Blacked out, protected
Fm
I just want you home
Eb Ab
I'll make new friends in the ambulance
Ab x4 (or until fade)
[Verse 1]
Ab
Sensitivity deprived
Fm
I can't feel a thing inside
I blamed my father in my youth
Db
Now as a father, I blame the booze
Db Bbm Eb Ab
I have become uncomfortably numb
Ab x4
Ab
Sensitivity deprived (Who's ugly side is the ugliest)
Fm
All my sympathy prescribed
I used to struggle in my youth (Who's hands are tied to a contorsionist)
Db
Now I'm used to struggling for two
Db Bbm Eb Ab
I have become uncomfortably numb
Ab x4
[Chorus]
Ab
The lessons
Bbm Ab
(The lessons)
Ab
Are so much
Fm Eb
(Are so much)
Db
Less obvious
Ab
The further you get from home
Eb
(The further I get from home)
Ab
How will you exist
Eb
(How will I exist)
Db
Without consequence
Ab
I'll let you know
Ab x4
[Verse 2]
Ab
We were gentle to begin
Fm
Then I pushed you around to break you in
Now whenever I try to be clear with you
Db
I only end up feeling see-through
Db Bbm
I've tried, but you've won
Eb Ab
Comatose, like father like son
Ab x4
[Chorus 2]
Ab
The lessons
Bbm Ab
(The lessons)
Ab
Are so much
Fm Eb
(Are so much)
Db
Less obvious
Ab
The further you get from home
Eb
(The further I get from home)
Ab
How will you exist
Eb
(How will I exist)
Ab
I don't want to know
Db
Blacked out, protected
Fm
I just want you home
Eb Ab
I'll make new friends in the ambulance
Ab x4 (or until fade)
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