American Dream Acoustic chords by Switchfoot

Switchfoot - American Dream Acoustic
Tabbed by Rachel Lauren

Capo 4

Intro (2x):
   D       A       E
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B|-3~--3-|-2~0---|-0~--|
G|-2~----|-2~--2-|-1~--|
D|-0~----|-2~----|-2~--|
A|-0~----|-0~----|-2~--|
E|-------|-0~----|-0~--|

E
When success is equated with excess
E

The ambition for excess wrecks us
E
As top of the mind becomes the bottom line
E
When success is equated with excess

E
If your time ain't been nothing for money
E
I start to feel really bad for you, honey
E
Maybe honey, put your money where your mouth's been running
E
If your time ain't been nothing but money

A      B             C#m
I want out of this machine
           B
It doesn't feel like freedom

E                      A
This ain't my American dream
E                          A
I want to live and die for bigger things
F#m                            B
I'm tired of fighting for just me
B                      D
This ain't my American dream

   D       A       E
e|-2~0---|-0~----|-0~--|
B|-3~--3-|-2~0---|-0~--|
G|-2~----|-2~--2-|-1~--|
D|-0~----|-2~----|-2~--|
A|-0~----|-0~----|-2~--|
E|-------|-0~----|-0~--|


E
When success is equated with excess
E
When we're fighting for the Beamer, the Lexus
E
As the heart and soul breath in the company goals
E
Where success is equated with excess

A      B             C#m
I want out of this machine
           B
It doesn't feel like freedom

E                      A
This ain't my American dream
E                          A
I want to live and die for bigger things
F#m                            B
I'm tired of fighting for just me
B                      E
This ain't my American dream

D                    A               E
'Cause baby's always talkin' 'bout a ring
D                   A                 E
And talk has always been the cheapest thing
      A              E         B
Is it true would you do what I want you to
D                     A               E
If I show up with the right amount of bling?
D     A             B                    E
Yeah, you're just a puppet on a monetary string
A                       B
Maybe we've been caught singing
A                     B
Red, white, blue, and green
B
But that ain't my America,
B
That ain't my American dream

E                      A
This ain't my American dream
E                          A
I want to live and die for bigger things
F#m                            B
I'm tired of fighting for just me
B                      D
This ain't my American dream

   D       A       E
e|-2~0---|-0~----|-0~--|
B|-3~--3-|-2~0---|-0~--|
G|-2~----|-2~--2-|-1~--|
D|-0~----|-2~----|-2~--|
A|-0~----|-0~----|-2~--|