American Dream chords by Hayes Carll

• Capo on 4th

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Intermediate

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

    G   F#  Em
e|--3------------|
B|--3------------|
G|---------------|
D|----------2----|
A|-2----0---2----|
E|--3---2--------|


Intro:
G Em C G (2x)

Verse 1:
G         Em     C             G
I lit the fire, poured out the bottle
G         Em        C                  D
Asked the moonlight what it might have seen
Em     Bm       C          D
If it answered, I can't remember
       G    F# Em D   C        G
I fell down in to the American Dream


Verse 2:
G         Em  C              G
Been too long in the Devil's workshop
G                  Em          C             D
So I'm driving the backbone to change the scenery
Em            Bm       C          D
Here come the horses through purgatory
          G    F# Em  D   C        G
They fell down in to the American Dream


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


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


Instrumental:
G F# Em D C (x4)


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


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


Verse 4:
G         Em     C             G
Spit and polish the ancient story
G         Em     C       D
Love and glory, gold and greed
Em      Bm       C          D
Nothing changes, even if it wants to
       G   F# Em D    C       G
We go down in to the American Dream


Outro:
G F# Em D C (x4)

G    F# Em D   C
We go down..........baby
G    F# Em D   C
On down to       New Orleans
G    F# Em D   C
Down................baby
G    F# Em D   C
Only finding what it means

G F# Em D C (6x)