American Dreamer Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[A][D][A][Asus4][D][A]

[Verse 1]
I know a wo[G]man[D][A]
Her [G]husband [D]died and he [A]left her
with two little chil[G]dren[D][A]
So she went back [D]to school and
[A]she got a degree in busi[G]ness
[D]Yeah, now she[Em] owns one[D]

[Verse 2]
And she [G]taught those kids
you can [D]do anything
With the [Em]heart of a true believ[G]er
[A]Yeah, she's an Americ
[G]an [D]dreamer[A]
[G][D][A]

[Verse 3]
And I've got [G]a woman
[D]And[A] she waits [G]for me[D] with the li[A]ght on
?cause she knows [G]I'm com[D]ing[A]
And she [G]talks [D]about babies [A]and building
a house in the [G]coun[D]try
[F#m]Yeah, where it's [Em]sunny[D]

[Verse 4]
[G]And she's got faith that can [D]do anything
But she'll nev[Em]er know
how much I [G]need her
Yeah, [A]she's an Americ[G]an
[D]Dream[A]er
[G][D][A]

[Verse 5]
[G]Back in the sixties, well,
[D]Haggards in prison
He's [Em]thinking about writing a tun[D]e
And a [G]guy named Armstrong
was [D]crazy enough
[G]To think he could walk
on the [A]moon

[Verse 6]
[Bm]And a preacher named King,
well, he [A]had a dream
He [G]believed we could all live as [D]one
And a sol[Em]dier somewhere
is [D]praying for peace
[G]While he's cleaning his[A] gun

[Verse 7]
[G]American [D]dream[A]ers

[Interlude 1]
[G][D][A]
[D][G][D][Em][G][D][G][D][A]

[Verse 8]
And I had [G]a father[D][A]
He said, [G]son, [D]if something ain[A]'t
real then you don?t even [G]bother
[D]And[A] he wasn't[G] a saint [D]but I'[A]d
swear the man walked [G]on [D]water
Yeah, and he [Em]taught [D]me

[Verse 9]
I [G]ain't just a long-legged hell-raising
[D]Son Son Son of a [Em]pipe lining,
honky-tonk sing[G]er
singer
[A]Yeah, I'm an American
[G]dre[D]amer[A][G][D][A]
I'm an Americ[G]an
dream[D]er[A]
[G][D][A]

[Verse 10]
I'm an Americ[G]an [D]dre[A]ame[G]r[D][A]
I'm an Amer[D]ic [G]an [D]dreamer
[A][G][D][A][D]