The American Dream chords by Miss Saigon

Tuning: EADGBE

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

A

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

E6          C#m7
Luck by the tail
B7          G#7
how can you fail?
C#m                       F#7
And best of all, it's for sale
             B6
the American dream

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

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

Ab              Fm7-5
Shlitz down the drain!
Eb7              C7
Pop the Champagne!
Fm7                   Bb11
It's time we all entertain
    Bb7     Eb
my American dream!