American Dream chords by Reed Hays

• Capo on 1st

♫ Verse 1:
B
I turned on the news last night and
B
Saw a few things that didn’t sit right
B
People holding signs I couldn’t believe
    B
One said this ain’t the land of the free
B                                B
My momma’s daddy fought back in ‘Nam
                           B
He’d be ashamed of how far gone
                                    B
This country’s strayed from what it used to be

♫ Verse 2:
B
Well these days seems like every red light’s
B
Just another spot for an "anything helps" sign
B             Cm               B
 Written by a man with whiskey on his breath
B
Used to be you could have your own opinion
B
Now if you want to speak your mind you gotta get permission
     B            Cm                 B
It’s all black vs white and right vs left
         Cm     B            B
Somebody tell me where we’re gonna be


♫ Chorus:
            B                 Cm
If we don’t start looking out for each other
B
Learning how to love your neighbor like a brother
B                  Cm
 Find out where it all went wrong
         B
Turn the light at the end of that tunnel back on
B                   Cm
 Hit your knees and pray a little longer
B
Cause Lord knows if we work a little harder
B             Cm                B
Maybe one day we’ll wake up and be
                  B         Cm  B
Back in that American dream


♫ Verse 3:
B                    Cm
Suit and ties buying up all the farmland
B                                            B
Taking food out the mouth of a blue-collar man
               Cm
If there’s one thing I know
B
It ain’t gettin’ better if we don’t


♫ Chorus:
B                 Cm
Start looking out for each other
B
Learning how to love your neighbor like a brother
B                  Cm
 Find out where it all went wrong
         B
Turn the light at the end of that tunnel back on
B                   Cm
 Hit your knees and pray a little longer
B
Cause Lord knows if we work a little harder
B             Cm                B
Maybe one day we’ll wake up and be
                  B      Cm  B
Back in that American dream
          Gm        C  B
That American dream


♫ Bridge:
               Cm                  B
Could somebody tell me where we’re gonna be


Out-♫ Chorus:
B                 Cm
If we don’t start looking out for each other
B
Learning how to love your neighbor like a brother
B                  Cm
 Find out where it all went wrong
         B
Turn the light at the end of that tunnel back on
B                   Cm
 Hit your knees and pray a little longer
B
Cause Lord knows if we work a little harder
B             Cm                B
Maybe one day we’ll wake up and be
                  B      Cm  B
Back in that American dream
          Gm        C  B
That American dream