American Dream chords by Emily Haines And The Soft Skeleton

Chords with lyrics

Chords:
   F8   G8   C8   Am8
E MajorE|---5---|---7---|---8---|---5---|
BB|---6---|---8---|---8---|---5---|
G+G|---5---|---7---|---9---|---5---|
D MajorD|---7---|---9---|---10--|---7---|
A augmentedA|---X---|---X---|---X---|---X---|
E MajorE|---X---|---X---|---X---|---X---|

Intro:
FF G+G C majorC A minorAm (x2)

Verse 1:
FF           G+G
Wake up with somebody near you
    C majorC       A minorAm
And at someone else's place
FF                G+G
You took acid and looked in the mirror
      C majorC             A minorAm
Watched the beard crawl around on your face
FF           G+G
Oh, the revolution was here
      C majorC           A minorAm
That would set you free from those bourgeoisie
FF              G+G
In the morning everything's clearer
     C majorC          A minorAm
When the sunlight exposes your age

Chorus:
+play chords an octave higher+:
      FF  G+G
But that's okay
      C majorC  A minorAm
And that's okay

Verse 2:
-revert to standard chords-:
FF                 G+G
Grab your clothes and head to the doorway
    C majorC         A minorAm
If you dance out, no one complains
FF                G+G
Find the place where you can be boring
     C majorC       A minorAm
Where you won't need to explain
FF                  G+G
That you're sick in the head and you wish you were dead
   C majorC                 A minorAm
Or at least instead of sleeping here you prefer your own bed, come on
FF           G+G
You just suck at self-preservation
    C majorC       A minorAm
Versus someone else's pain

Chorus:
+play chords an octave higher+:
       FF     G+G
So you feel drained
  C majorC    A minorAm
And insane

-revert to standard chords-:
  C majorC    A minorAm
And insane

Verse 3:
+play chords an octave higher+:
FF              G+G
He was leather and you were screaming
     C majorC         A minorAm
Swinging chains against the stage
FF              G+G
And you couldn't know he was leaving
     C majorC        A minorAm
But now more will go with age, you know

-revert to standard chords-:
FF            G+G
So get up and stop your complaining
       C majorC               A minorAm
You know that you're the only one who's been destroying all the fun
FF                 G+G
Look what happened when you were dreaming
   C majorC           A minorAm
Then punch yourself in the face

+play chords an octave higher+:
FF                 G+G
So you kiss and you clutch but you can't fight that feeling
     C majorC           A minorAm
That your one true love is just awaiting your big meeting

-revert to standard chords-:
FF             G+G
So you never even ask for names
     C majorC                 A minorAm
You just look right through them as if you already came

+play chords an octave higher+:
FF                        G+G
It's a drug of the heart and you can't stop the shaking
      C majorC                A minorAm
'Cause the body wants what it is terrible at taking, oh

-revert to standard chords-:
FF              G+G
And you can't remember the meaning
      C majorC              A minorAm
But there's no going back against this California feeling
A minorAm
California feeling

Chorus:
+play chords an octave higher+:
FF   G+G C majorC    A minorAm
Dr----eam, sha-bang sha-bang

-revert to standard chords-:
     FF  G+G  C majorC    A minorAm
American dr---eam, sha-bang sha-bang

+play chords an octave higher+:
FF            G+G
It's a drug of the heart
C majorC            A minorAm
It's a drug of the heart
A minorAm