American Dream chords by Will Hoge
Verse 1
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This used to be
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a one horse town
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But the pony went away
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Ended up in China 'cause
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They make it cheaper there they say
Verse 2
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The store fronts all are empty
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And the factory is dead
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And these streets I used to walk on
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Well now they're just my bed
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And I'm going down,
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Verse 3
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down, down
I'm going down
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Verse 4
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Did a couple years of college
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But I just couldn't make it stick
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Had to come back here
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and help mamma
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Because daddy left when she got sick
Verse 5
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She worked very day for nothing
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Until she turned 62
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And the same day that I buried her
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The bank foreclosed on her house too
Verse 6
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That's my American dream
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And I've been all that I can be
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With nothing left to lose at all
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I guess I'm free
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That's my American dream,
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dream, dream
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That's my American dream
Verse 7
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Now I stand here at this off ramp
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And smile as best I can
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With a sign that says Jesus
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loves you
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But it's hard to think he gives a damn
Verse 8
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When they roll down their windows
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And put some spare change
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in my hand
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But I'd give it all right back
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To just be looked at like a man
Verse 9
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And I'm going down, down, down
Interlude 1
I'm going down
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Verse 10
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When it's cold I try the mission
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On nights like this I sleep outside
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Under a bridge beside
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the interstate
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Where I can hear those trucks roll by
Verse 11
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And imagine I'm inside one
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Just rolling down the road
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But I wake up just to realise
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That this place is now my home
Verse 12
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That's my American dream
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And I've been all that I can be
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With nothing left to lose at all
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I guess I'm free
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That's my American dream
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It disappeared in front of me
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With nothing left to lose at all
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I guess I'm free
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That's my American dream,
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dream, dream
Outro 1
It's my American dream
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American Dream
Will Hoge
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