American Dream chords by
Mkto
Mkto

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Key: C major
Intro 1
F
F

C
C

G
G

Am
Am

C
C

F
F

Verse 1
F
F

C
C

G
G

We broke down trying to leave town
Am
Am

C
C

F
F

Flying down the road to change
F
F

C
C

G
G

We were born to run, Cali here we come
Am
Am

C
C

F
F

Escape from nowhere US A
F
F

C
C

G
G

Say goodbye to white picket fences
Say hello to palm trees and Benzes
Am
Am

C
C

F
F

They say you gotta fall to have it all
Yeah
F
F

C
C

G
G

We don't want two kids and a wife
I don't want a job I just want a life
Am
Am

C
C

Sometimes the underdogs rise
F
F

And the mighty fall
Chorus 1
F
F

C
C

G
G

This ain't the same summer song
that you used to know
Am
Am

C
C

F
F

'Cause Jack left Diane thirty years ago
F
F

C
C

G
G

The world is spinning too fast
for you and me
Am
Am

C
C

F
F

So tell me whatever happened
Verse 2
to the American
F
F

C
C

G
G

(dream) I know a girl I met her last night
Am
Am

C
C

F
F

She was fresh off the plane
F
F

C
C

G
G

She whispered in my ear "Baby, come here.
Am
Am

C
C

F
F

I'll do anything to make a name"
F
F

C
C

G
G

Honey, take my hand follow me 'cause
I don't wanna hurt you but he does
Am
Am

C
C

F
F

I just wanna give you some real ad vice
(Listen baby, mmm)
F
F

C
C

G
G

Never take candy from a stranger
And keep your eyes open for danger
Am
Am

C
C

F
F

'Cause this right here is the twisted paradise
Chorus 2
F
F

C
C

G
G

This ain't the same summer song
that you used to know
Am
Am

C
C

F
F

'Cause Jack left Diane thirty years ago
F
F

C
C

G
G

The world is spinning too fast
for you and me
Am
Am

C
C

F
F

So tell me whatever happened
F
F

to the American dream
C
C

G
G

This ain't the same summer song
that you used to know
Am
Am

C
C

F
F

So baby, let's live and die
before we're getting old
F
F

C
C

G
G

You know that nothing is the way
it used to be
Am
Am

C
C

F
F

So tell me whatever happened
Interlude 1
to the American ...
F
F

C
C

G
G

Na na na, na na na na,
Am
Am

C
C

F
F

na na na na na na
F
F

C
C

G
G

Na na na, na na na na,
Am
Am

C
C

F
F

na na na na na na
Bridge 1
F
F

C
C

G
G

Na na na, na na na na
Am
Am

C
C

F
F

na na na na na na
F
F

C
C

G
G

We were born to run, Cali here we come
Am
Am

C
C

Gettin' out of here, baby
F
F

C
C

G
G

Am
Am

C
C

F
F

Let's get out of here
F
F

C
C

G
G

Am
Am

C
C

F
F

Chorus 3
F
F

C
C

G
G

This ain't the same summer song
that you used to know
Am
Am

C
C

F
F

'Cause Jack left Diane thirty years ago
F
F

C
C

G
G

The world is spinning too fast
for you and me
Am
Am

C
C

F
F

So tell me whatever happened
F
F

to the American dream
C
C

G
G

This ain't the same summer song
that you used to know
Am
Am

C
C

F
F

So baby, let's live and die
before we're getting old
F
F

C
C

G
G

You know that nothing is the way
it used to be
Am
Am

C
C

F
F

So tell me whatever happened
Outro 1
to the American ...
F
F

C
C

G
G

Na na na, na na na na,
Am
Am

C
C

F
F

na na na na na na
F
F

C
C

G
G

Na na na, na na na na,
Am
Am

C
C

F
F

na na na na na na

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