My American Dream chords by Will Hoge

Chords with lyrics

elsewhere. Bit unsure about the lyrics in places.

Capo 2nd Fret
FCGAmGFCG
FF         C majorC           FF       C majorC
You used to be a one horse town but the pony went away,
FF         C majorC         A minorAm         G+G
Ended up in China 'cos they make it cheaper there they say,
FF               C majorC      A minorAm  G+G    FF
Now the store fronts all are empty and the factory is dead,
     FF         C majorC    A minorAm          G+G
And these streets I used to walk on, now they're just my bed

        A minorAm  G+G    FF
And I'm goin down... down... down
     C majorC
I'm goin down

FF            C majorC        FF           C majorC
Did a couple years at college but I just couldn't make it stick,
FF                C majorC        A minorAm         G+G
Had to come back here and help Mama 'cos Daddy left when she got sick,
FF             C majorC      A minorAm     G+G   FF
She worked everyday for nothin' until she turned sixty two,
      FF        C majorC             A minorAm         G+G
And on the same day that I buried her the bank folk closed on her house too

(Chorus)
FF         C majorC       G+G          A minorAm
It's my American dream and I've been all that I can be,
   G+G   FF        C majorC        G+G
With nothin' left to lose at all I guess I'm free,
         A minorAm    G+G     FF
It's my American dream... dream... dream
         C majorC
It's my American dream


FF             C majorC         FF           C majorC
So I stand here at this (Not sure of word!) and smile as best I can,
    FF          C majorC         A minorAm             G+G
With a sign that says Jesus loves you but it's hard to think he gives a damn
FF             C majorC          A minorAm      G+G    FF
When they roll down their windows and put some spare change in my hand,
   FF           C majorC        A minorAm        G+G
But I'd give it all right back to just be looked at like a man,

        A minorAm  G+G    FF
And I'm goin down... down... down
     C majorC
I'm goin down

(Solo)

FF             C majorC            FF        C majorC
When it's cold I try the mission on night's like this I sleep outside,
    FF         C majorC           A minorAm           G+G
Under a bridge beside the interstate where I can hear those trucks roll by,
 FF         C majorC      A minorAm    G+G     FF
And imagine I'm inside one, just rollin' down the road,
    FF        C majorC         A minorAm       G+G
But I wake up just to realise that this place is now my home,


FF         C majorC       G+G          A minorAm
It's my American dream and I've been all that I can be,
   G+G   FF        C majorC        G+G
With nothin' left to lose at all I guess I'm free,
FF         C majorC     G+G          A minorAm
'Cos my American dream disappeared in front of me,
     G+G   FF        C majorC        G+G
And with nothin' left to lose at all I guess I'm free,

         A minorAm    G+G     FF
It's my American dream... dream... dream
         C majorC
It's my American dream...