American Dream

(Intro A Am9 A A Am9 A) A I used to see you on every T.V., your smiling face looked back at me. D A I used to see you on every T.V., your smiling face looked back at me. E Then they caught you with the girl next door, People's money piled on the floor, Bm D A Am9 A etc. Accusations that you try to deny, Revelations and rumors begin to fly. A Now you think about reaching out, maybe get some help from above. D A Now you think about reaching out, maybe get some help from above. E Reporters crowd around your house going through your garbage like a pack of hounds, Bm D A Speculating what they may find out, it don't matter now, you're all washed up. E A E A E You wake up in the middle of the night, your sheets are wet and your face is white. E A E Bsus2 You tried to make a good thing last. How could something so good, go bad, so fast? A Bm American dream, American dream A Bm D American dream, American dream. A Don't know when things went wrong, might have been when you were young and strong. D A Don't know when things went wrong, might have been when you were young and strong. E Reporters crowd around your house, going through your garbage like a pack of hounds, Bm D Speculating what they may find out, it don't matter now, you're all washed up. A Don't know when things went wrong, might have been when you were young and strong. D American dream, American dream. Don't know when things went wrong, A Might have been when you were young and strong. American dream, American dream. A Am9 D E Bm Bsus2 x 0 2 2 2 0 x 0 2 2 0 0 x x 0 2 3 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 2 4 4 3 2 2 2 4 4 2 2 First track from the Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young album "American Dream" (Released November 3, 1988) [Atlantic Records 81888] copyright 1987 Silver Fiddle submitted by David L'Heureux Burlington, NC, USA KrisNDave@aol.com