American Dream chords by Emily Haines And The Soft Skeleton

Chords:
     F8      G8      C8     Am8
E|---5---|---7---|---8---|---5---|
B|---6---|---8---|---8---|---5---|
G|---5---|---7---|---9---|---5---|
D|---7---|---9---|---10--|---7---|
A|---X---|---X---|---X---|---X---|
E|---X---|---X---|---X---|---X---|

Intro:
F G C Am (x2)

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

Chorus:
+play chords an octave higher+:
            F    G
But that's okay
            C    Am
And that's okay

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

Chorus:
+play chords an octave higher+:
             F          G
So you feel drained
    C       Am
And insane

-revert to standard chords-:
    C       Am
And insane

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

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

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

-revert to standard chords-:
F                         G
So you never even ask for names
         C                                 Am
You just look right through them as if you already came

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

-revert to standard chords-:
F                            G
And you can't remember the meaning
            C                           Am
But there's no going back against this California feeling
Am
California feeling

Chorus:
+play chords an octave higher+:
F     G  C       Am
Dr----eam, sha-bang sha-bang

-revert to standard chords-:
          F   G    C       Am
American dr---eam, sha-bang sha-bang

+play chords an octave higher+:
F                        G
It's a drug of the heart
C                        Am
It's a drug of the heart
Am