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             AMERICAN STORM - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
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Written by: B. Seger 
Album: "Like A Rock"    (1986, Capitol Records)

Transcribed by: Anne Drury 
Email: zerofret_ad@hotmail.com 
Date: November 15, 2008

INTRO:

1.  | E       | E       | A       | Bsus4  B   |      (play 2x)

2.  | E       | E       | E       | E          |

    | 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 | 1  2   3 4 |


1ST VERSE:

 E
Headin' out on some uncharted path
     A                  Bsus4   B        E
You soon turn back, it happens time and time again
                    A             Bsus4  B
You never seem to reach the end
 E
Someone's out there on the street tonight
       A                     Bsus4  B     E
When things go wrong, he'll guarantee to make it right
         A              Bsus4  B
If the price is right


PRE-CHORUS:

  A
Every time I look you're fallin', fallin'
  E                 E7
Beaten by the wind
  A                                   Bsus4    B
Every time I turn around, he's there again


CHORUS:

                        E                 C#m
It's like a full force gale, an American storm
                              A
You're buried far beneath a mountain of cold
                  Bsus4
And you never get warm
B                    E                               C#m
It's like a wall of mirrors, you charge 'em at full speed
                             A
You cover up, you hear the shattering glass
              Bsus4
But you never bleed
B                  (E)
You never feel the need


| E       | E       | A       | Bsus4  B   |      (play 2x)


2ND VERSE:

 E
Everybody casts a certain light
    A                 Bsus4     B        E
A special gift, it's theirs to use for wrong or right
          A              Bsus4  B
When you face the night
 E
More and more we choose the easy way
    A                 Bsus4  B         E
We take no risks, we figure out which games to play
            A            Bsus4  B
And how to make 'em pay


PRE-CHORUS:

 A
Suddenly the pressure's falling, falling
  E                         E7
Skies have all turned grey
 A                                          Bsus4    B
Suddenly the storm is heading straight your way


CHORUS:

                        E                       C#m
It's like a full force gale, atop a mountain of cold
                      A
You tell your story again and again
                  Bsus4
And it never gets old
B                   E                               C#m
You face a wall of mirrors, you charge 'em at full speed
                             A
You cover up, you hear the shattering glass
              Bsus4
But you never bleed


B                      E                 C#m
You face a full force gale, an American storm
                              A
You're buried far beneath a mountain of cold
                  Bsus4                    B
And you never get warm, no, you never get warm
                    E                               C#m                  
You face a wall of mirrors, you charge 'em at full speed
                             A
You cover up, you hear the shattering glass
              Bsus4
But you never bleed
B                   C        A
You never feel the need
                    E     E     A     Bsus4  B
You never feel the need


OUTRO:

       E                  E     A     Bsus4
Never feel the need
 B              E         E     A
Never feel the need
Bsus4      B        E     E     A     Bsus4  B
You never feel the need
 E                        E     A
Ohhhh
Bsus4        B          E     E     A
It's like a full force gale
Bsus4  B      E               E     A
An American storm
Bsus4  B      E
An American storm...


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(This file is the transcriber's own work and represents their 
 interpretation of the song.)