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