American Bad Dream Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]Reme[F]mber[E][Am][F][Am]
when
ninth grade was [F]about gettin' [E]laid
Skippin' [Am]class tryin' not
to get [F]caught
[Am]Now you gotta take a test in
a [F]bullet proof [E]vest
Scared to [Am]death that you might get [F]shot[E]
It's [Am]like I just closed my [F]eyes
Every[Am]body started fallin' for
the Devil's dis[F]guise
That hides [E]be [Dm]hind the lines
That [C]hide the truth and [F]I
just can't take it no more
So wake [C]me

[Verse 2]
[Am]up f[F]rom this
[E]American [Am]bad d[F]ream
Is it [E]this messed [Am]up,
[F]or is it rea[Em]lly reality[Am]?
[F]I'm becom[G]in' num[Am]b
[F]to all[E] of this tra[Am]gedy
[F]Somebody wak[E]e me up [Dm]from[G] this American[Em]
[Am]bad dream (this Amer[F]ican bad dream)
From this [E]American [Am]bad d[F]ream[E][Am]
[F](this American bad[Am] dream)

[Verse 3]
I remember [Am]doin' 10 over the lim
[F]it would just get you a ticket
[Am]Just an inconvenience
gettin' [F]stopped[Am]
Bad cops played the jury,
made the [F]good ones worry
[Dm]'Bout [Am]showin' up and doin' their [F]job[E]
[F]It's lik[Am]e I just closed my eye[F]s
Every[E]body started [Am]fallin' for
the Devil's dis[F]guise
That [Em]hides be[Dm]hind the lines
That [Em]hide the truth and [F]I
just can't take it no more
So wake [Dm]me

[Verse 4]
[Am]up f[F]rom this
[Em]American [Am]bad d[F]ream
Is it [Em]this messed [Am]up,
[F]or is it rea[Em]lly reality[Am]?[F]
I'm be[G]comin' [Am]numb [F]to
[E]all of this [Am]tragedy
[F]Somebody [Em]wake me [Dm]up fr[G]om this Amer[Em]ican bad[Am]
dream (this American [F]bad dream)
Yeah this Americ[E]an [F]bad dream
[G]From this American bad[Am] dream,
[C]oh[G]
[F]

[Verse 5]
[E]
It's like I [Dm]just closed my [Am]eyes
Everybody started fallin' [F]for
the [Dm]Devil's disguise
[F]Dam[G]n[Em][C][Em]
[F]So [E]wake [Am]me

[Verse 6]
[F]up from this [E]American [Am]bad
dream (this American [F]bad dream)
Is it [E]this messed [Am]up,
[F]or is it rea[E]lly reality[Am]?[F]
Yeah, I'm be[G]comin' [Am]numb, [F]oh,
to [Em]all of this t[Am]ragedy
[F]Somebody [Em]wake me [Dm]up fr[G]om this American[Em]
[Am]bad dream (this American b[F]ad dream)
From this [E]American [Am]bad dream
(this American bad dream)
Wake me [F]up, [E]wak[Em]e me up[Am]
(this American bad dream)
Wake me [F]up from this [E]American [Am]bad
dream (this Amer[F]ican bad dream)
From this [G]American [Am]bad dream