American Dream chords by Hayes Carll

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 4th

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Intermediate

What I'm calling an F#F# 'chord' is just a transition between the G+G and Em:

  G+G  F#F# E minorEm
e|--3------------|
BB|--3------------|
G+G|---------------|
D MajorD|----------2----|
A augmentedA|-2----0---2----|
E MajorE|--3---2--------|


Intro:
G+G E minorEm C majorC G+G (2x)

Verse 1:
G+G     E minorEm   C majorC       G+G
I lit the fire, poured out the bottle
G+G     E minorEm    C majorC         D MajorD
Asked the moonlight what it might have seen
E minorEm   B minorBm    C majorC     D MajorD
If it answered, I can't remember
    G+G  F#F# E minorEm D MajorD  C majorC    G+G
I fell down in to the American Dream


Verse 2:
G+G     E minorEm C majorC       G+G
Been too long in the Devil's workshop
G+G         E minorEm     C majorC       D MajorD
So I'm driving the backbone to change the scenery
E minorEm      B minorBm    C majorC     D MajorD
Here come the horses through purgatory
     G+G  F#F# E minorEm D MajorD  C majorC    G+G
They fell down in to the American Dream


Chorus:
D MajorD           C majorC    G+G
Summer time sunshine, shine on me
C majorC    G+G     D MajorD
Show me where I'm going


Verse 3:
G+G      E minorEm     C majorC    G+G
I'll find an old friend in El Dorado
G+G        E minorEm      C majorC     D MajorD
Like Harry Dean Stanton on a drive-in screen
E minorEm      B minorBm   C majorC       D MajorD
A augmentedA tumbleweed blowing through Paris, Texas
    G+G  F#F# E minorEm D MajorD  C majorC    G+G
He fell down in to the American Dream

Instrumental:
G+G F#F# E minorEm D MajorD C majorC (x4)


Verse 4:
G+G      E minorEm   C majorC       G+G
Sun-bleached dresses wavin' from a clothesline
G+G       E minorEm        C majorC        D MajorD
Come Saturday evening, they'll have a place to be
E minorEm       B minorBm     C majorC      D MajorD
I'll pick some flowers to take to her Mama
    G+G  F#F# E minorEm D MajorD  C majorC    G+G
I fell down in to the American Dream


Chorus:
D MajorD           C majorC    G+G
Summer time sunshine, shine on me
     C majorC    G+G     D MajorD
Won't you show me where I'm goin'?
D MajorD             C majorC   G+G
Leaving San Francisco for New Orleans
   C majorC     G+G    D MajorD
I can hear that rooster crowin'


Verse 4:
G+G     E minorEm   C majorC       G+G
Spit and polish the ancient story
G+G     E minorEm   C majorC    D MajorD
Love and glory, gold and greed
E minorEm   B minorBm    C majorC     D MajorD
Nothing changes, even if it wants to
    G+G  F#F# E minorEm D MajorD  C majorC    G+G
We go down in to the American Dream


Outro:
G+G F#F# E minorEm D MajorD C majorC (x4)

G+G  F#F# E minorEm D MajorD  C majorC
We go down..........baby
G+G  F#F# E minorEm D MajorD  C majorC
On down to    New Orleans
G+G  F#F# E minorEm D MajorD  C majorC
Down................baby
G+G  F#F# E minorEm D MajorD  C majorC
Only finding what it means

G+G F#F# E minorEm D MajorD C majorC (6x)