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LILHUDDY – American Sweetheart Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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These are the chords for American Sweetheart by LILHUDDY on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

[Intro]
C#m A/C# E/G#

[Verse 1]
C#m        A/G#
I feel so alone in a
         E/G#  E/G#
crowded place
C#m       A/G#
Every conversation feels
    E/G#   E/G#
so fake
C#m          A/G#
Everything I touch always
         E/G#
seems to break
C#m        A/G#
I get so depressed when
            E/G#
I hear your name
B/Cb
Oh-oh-oh

[Chorus]
 C#m                  A/C#
I don't really give a shit
         E/G#
if you stay
                      E/G#
I don't really give a shit if you go
 C#m                  A/G#
I don't really give a shit
         E/G#
either way
              E/G#
Either way  I feel alone
C#m                  A/C#
I don't really give a shit
        E/G#
if you stay
                      E/G#
I don't really give a shit if you go
 C#m                  A/G#
I don't really give a shit
         E/G#
either way
              E/G#
Either way  I feel alone

[Post-Chorus]
    C#m       A/G#           E/G#
And here we are  I'm the bad guy
         E/G#
And you're America's sweethеart

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[Verse 2]
C#m                 A/G#
I won't even lie  if you
        E/G#  E/G#
lеft me here
C#m                 A/G#
I wouldn't even cry  not
        E/G#  E/G#
one damn tear
C#m
And I'ma tell you something
   A/G#         E/G#  E/G#
you don't wanna hear
C#m                A/G#          E/G#
I won't feel good until I disappear
B/Cb
Oh-oh-oh

[Chorus]
C#m                  A/C#
I don't really give a shit
        E/G#
if you stay
                      E/G#
I don't really give a shit if you go
 C#m                  A/G#
I don't really give a shit
         E/G#
either way
              E/G#
Either way  I feel alone
C#m                  A/C#
I don't really give a shit
        E/G#
if you stay
                      E/G#
I don't really give a shit if you go
 C#m                  A/G#
I don't really give a shit
         E/G#
either way
              E/G#
Either way  I feel alone

[Post-Chorus]
    C#m       A/G#           E/G#
And here we are  I'm the bad guy
         E/G#
And you're America's sweethеart

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[Instrumental Bridge]
C#m A/G# E/G#

[Chorus]
Oh-oh-oh
 C#m                  A/G#
I don't really give a shit
        E/G#
if you stay (If you stay)
                      E/G#
I don't really give a shit if
you go (If you go)
 C#m                  E/G#
I don't really give a shit
        E/G#
either way (Either way)
             E/G#
Either way  I feel alone (Alone)
C#m             A/G#
I just wanna say I feel
       E/G#
so ashamed (Ashamed)
                   E/G#
Never really thought that you
would let me go (Let me go)
C#m             A/G#
Now I gotta wake up in all
       E/G#
this pain (All this pain)
Every day  I feel alone

[Post-Chorus]
C#m            A/G#            E/G#
And here we are  I'm the bad guy
              E/G#
And you're America's sweetheart

How to play American Sweetheart: key, chords and progression

American Sweetheart by LILHUDDY is centred on E major (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯). The song uses 5 chords: C#m, A/C#, E/G#, A/G# and B/Cb.

The progression the song keeps returning to is E/G# – C#m – A/G# – E/G# (I – vi – IV – I in E major). In solfa, that is doh – lah – fah – doh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes Bm, G, D, A (75% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 50% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.