The american dream chords by Afroman

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Verse 1
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Yes!  (G major) Yes! Thank you for inviting
me here for my final speech.
Ladies and gentlemen, homosexuals,
lesbians, and transvestites,
Allow me to introduce myself as
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the Hungry  (D minor) Hustler (G major) ,  Afroman.
I am the American Dream. Even though the
government tried to experiment with me
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By placing me in the projects,  (C minor) 
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 (C major) I'm still the American Dream.
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 (G major) Sur (A flat major) rounded  (G major) by drugs,
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Jeopardized  (D minor) my  life by  (G major) living
around thugs,
But I'm still the American Dream.
Kicked outta Palmdale High School
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Because I was considered a distraction  (C minor) 
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 (G major) to  (C major) the education (C minor) al  process.
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I've traveled  (G major) through the complete
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metamorphosis  (D minor) of  the justice  (G major) system,
And I'm still the American Dream.
Entered Juvenile Hall as a tadpole;
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Hopped outta prison as a bull fro (C minor) g,
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But I'm still  (G major) the Amer (C major) ican Dream.
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 (G major) The most rejected,  (D minor)  (G major) disrespected,
When I went for a job I was never selected,
But I am still the American Dream.
And right about now,
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I find it quite  (C major)  (G major)  (C major) serendipitous to see
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that all of you some- tim (D major) in',
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 (G major) Wishy- washy, two- faced,
back- stabbin',
Coniving hypocrites have accumulated here
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in my  (A flat major) midst to persecute my charac (G major) ter
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With  (A flat major) such flagrant  (G major)  (A flat major)  (G major) slanderousity,
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But I coun (A flat major) ter- attack by calling
G 
it constructive criti (G major) cism,
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An (A flat major) d   all of your negativity  (G major) has
been recycled into motivation,
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C 
And I am still  (A flat major)  (G major) the American Dream.  (C major) 
Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound
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Dm 
 (D major) that saved  (G major) a wretch like  (D major) me.  (D minor) 
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I once  (A flat major) was  (G major) lost,  (A flat major) but  (G major) now I'm found; was blind,
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but now I see.  (A flat major) 
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 (G major) There's a lot of people out there
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who can identify with me.  (C major) 
Young lady right here,
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you may be a single  (A flat major) teenaged mother,
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 (G major) But you are still  (D minor) the American
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Dream.  (A flat major) 
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The lady next to you,  (G major) yes.  (A flat major) Your breasts may
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 (G major) not be as big as men think they should be,  (C major) 
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 (G major) But you are  (C major) still the American Dream.
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Young man,  (G major) you may not be a
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 (D minor) baller, shot caller (G major) ,
With 20 inch blades on the impala,
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 (A flat major) but you are still  (G major) the American Dream.
Young man right here,
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you may have spent all your money  (C major) on a hood rat bitch
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 (A flat major) And didn't get no pussy last night,  (G major) 
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but you are  (D minor) still  (A flat major)  (G major) the American  (A flat major)  (G major) Dream.
Yes sir, I am just like Ham.
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I'm for  (A flat major) the black  (G major) man,
The mexican, and even poor white,
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Dm 
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 (C major) All hu (G major) man be (C major) ings that have no rights.  (A flat major) So  put down  (D minor) your pas (G major) t,
pick up your future,
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G 
Fol (A flat major) low me  (G major) as we journey
through the Red Sea,
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 (A flat major) Cause I have been to the mountain top,
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I've seen  (G major) the Promised  (A flat major) Land,
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Mine  (G major)  (C major) eyes have seen  (G major) the  (C major) glory
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of the Underground Cat (A flat major) egory.
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My mind has been de (D minor) livered.
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My  (A flat major) spir (G major) it has been re (A flat major) in  stated  (G major) from the
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Corporate World's modern-  (A flat major) day slavery.
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I've been emancipated.  (G major) Free at last!
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 (C major) Free at last! Fuck a drug  (C major) test,
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 (A flat major) I'm  (D major) fittin' to roll  (A flat major) some  (D major) grass. Love, peace,
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 (G major) and Afro grease, Fro- ever!  (A flat major) Buccooocc!
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A- E- I- O-  (G major) you,