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,
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                                                 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.
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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,
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                                                          A
Speculating what they may find out, it don't matter now, you're all washed
up.
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You wake up in the middle of the night, your sheets are wet and your face is
white.
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You tried to make a good thing last.   How could something so good, go bad,
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so fast?
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American dream, American dream
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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.


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    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