The American Dream chords by Miss Saigon

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: EADGBE

F# minorF#m      C#7C#7
I'm fed up with small-time hustles
D MajorD            A augmentedA
I'm too good to waste my talent for greed
F# minorF#m      C#7C#7
I need room to flex my muscles
D MajorD           A augmentedA
in an ocean where the big sharks feed
B minorBm       F# minorF#m
make me Yankee, they're my fam'ly
G#7G#7             C#C#
they're selling what people need

A augmentedA
What's that I smell in the air
       F# minorF#m
the American dream
A augmentedA
sweet as a new millionaire
       F#F#
the American dream
BB
pre-packed, ready-to-wear
       G# minorG#m
the American dream
BB
fat, like a chocolate eclair
          G#G#
as you suck out the cream

E6E6     C#m7C#m7
Luck by the tail
B7B7     G#7G#7
how can you fail?
C# minorC#m            F#7F#7
And best of all, it's for sale
       B6B6
the American dream

F# minorF#m        C#7C#7
Greasy chinks make life so sleazy
D MajorD             A augmentedA
in the States I'll have a club that's four-starred
F# minorF#m        C#7C#7
men like me there have things easy
D MajorD            A augmentedA
they have a lawyer and a body-guard
B minorBm         F# minorF#m
to the Johns there I'll sell blondes there
G#sus4G#sus4          C#7C#7
that they can charge on a card

A augmentedA
What's that I smell in the air?
       F# minorF#m
The American dream
A augmentedA
sweet as a suite in Bel-air
       F#F#
the American dream
BB
girls can buy tits by the pair
       G# minorG#m
the American dream
BB
bald people think they'll grow hair
       G#G#
the American dream
DbDb
call girls are lining time square
       BbmBbm
the American dream
DbDb
bums there have money to spare
       Bb majorBb
the American dream
Eb MajorEb
cars that have bars take you there
       C minorCm
the American dream
Eb MajorEb
on stage each night: Fred Astaire
       C majorC
the American dream

AbAb       Fm7-5
Shlitz down the drain!
Eb7Eb7       C7C7
Pop the Champagne!
Fm7Fm7          Bb11Bb11
It's time we all entertain
  Bb7Bb7   Eb MajorEb
my American dream!