American Dream Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Em]
[G][D]
[Em][G][Em]
[G][D]

[Verse 1]
[Am]Last time I saw
you, you had dirt under your [Bm]nails
Your eyes were glassy and you
[D]looked so pale
[Am]You said my life has
become a livin' hell
Ain't [Bm]got enough money
to pay [D]my bills

[Verse 2]
[Em]Everything is [G]wrong[D]
[Em]Everything is [G]wrong[D]

[Verse 3]
Got a [Am]friend with a needle
stuck [F]in his arm
He got [Bm]hooked on heroin in [D]Vi etnam
It used to help kill the pain
[Am]some of the time
Now I [Bm]can't sleep at all since I
[D]got back [Em]home
[G][D]
[Em]

[Verse 4]
[G][Am]
I worked in the strip mines [F]off and on
Now I [Bm]can't seem to get
[D]rid of this cough
Ain't been many jobs these [F]last few months
[D]And the las[Bm]t one I had I got[D] laid off[Bm]

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 5]
[Em]I[G][A]
[Em][G][D]
ain't [Am]got no hot
water and they shut off the heat
Can you [Bm]loan me some money
[D]for something to eat
Been out here on this corner
for [Am]about a week
Tryin [Bm]hard to stand on my [D]own two
[Em]feet
[G][Am]
[Em]

[Verse 6]
[G][Am]
They want to try and tell
me where I can live
They [Bm]kicked me off my land and told
[D]me they'd give me
A nice little tract house [Am]with running water
But [Bm]how am I gonna explain that to my
[D]Navaho [Bm]mother
[Em][G][D]
[Em]

[Verse 7]
[G][A]
[Am]My American dream almost came true
But the [Bm]things they promised
me [Dm]nev er came through
[Am]I believe in the American dream
[Bm]But things are never quite
[A]what they [D]seem

[Verse 8]
[Em]Everything is [G]wrong[D][A]
[Em]Everything is [G]wrong[A]
[Em]Everything is [G]wrong[D]
[Em]Everything is wrong

[Outro 1]
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