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American Dreams

The Grand Magnolias
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D-DU-UDU
 I met  a girl with a lip tattoo
 She  looked skinny as a rail in  those high heel shoes
 She’s  got a spot above Webster  Hall
 Claims  to run this town with  her hair in a ball
  (Ooooo,  ooooo)
She  was small town girl USA
 hell,  her daddys bagging groceries,  living day by day
 I know  she knows it aint her  place
 Shes  tired of that living and  the same clichés
 Now  She’s the first in her family  to hold a degree
 and  her mommas waiting tables down at  Ruby Tuesdays
 &  I aint saying that at all  like its mean
 cause  her momma probably taught the girl
 damn near everything
 So she’s gonna do  what she wants to  do
 She’s gonna wear  a one piece bathing suit
 She’s gonna smile,  she’s gonna scream
 She’s a small town  girl in a big city
 Yeah, she’s making her moves
 She’s got American Dreams (, , ,  x2)
So  ohh look  at you now
 You’re a small  town girl in a big  old crowd
 Your  Moving up Making  your scene
 Ain’t  making a dime but you’re living  your dreams
 And  up there you’re gonna have  your fights
 But girl  follow your heart You gonna do alirght
 & I  know that’s what you always  do
 You were born  to be free.
 Born for breaking  the rules
 So she’s gonna do  what she wants to  do
 She’s gonna wear  a one piece bathing suit
 She’s gonna smile,  she’s gonna scream
 She’s a small town  girl in a big city
 Yeah, she’s making her moves
 She’s got American----
Dreams  don’t come from anyone else
 They’re born in the beating deep inside
 of your chest
 Lord knows they do
 And the harder  you try the harder you might fall
 But you’ll  never learn nothing if it
 aint ever your fault
 So go on and do what you do
  (, , ,  x2)
 Come on and make us a move Oooo, oooo yeahh
 Rest of the song (fade out) Repeat: , , ,

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Readable chord sheet for American Dreams by The Grand Magnolias

[C]  [E]  [Am]  [F]
I me[C]t a girl with a lip tatt[E]oo
She[Am] looked skinny as a rail [F]in those high heel shoes
She[C]’s got a spot above Webst[E]er Hall
Cla[Am]ims to run this town with[F] her hair in a ball
 ([C]Ooo[E]oo,[Am] ooo[F]oo)
[C]She was small town girl US[E]A
he[Am]ll, her daddys bagging gro[F]ceries, living day by day
I [C]know she knows it aint her[E] place
Sh[Am]es tired of that living an[F]d the same clichés
No[C]w She’s the first in her f[E]amily to hold a degree
an[Am]d her mommas waiting tables down a[F]t Ruby Tuesdays
& [C] I aint saying that at all[E] like its mean
ca[Am]use her momma probably taught the girl[F]

damn near everything

[C] So she’s gonna do[E] what she wants [Am]to do
She’s gonna we[G]ar a one piece bathing sui[C]t
She’s gonna sm[E]ile, she’s gonna sc[Am]ream
She’s a small to[G]wn girl in a big ci[F]ty
Yeah, she’s making her moves[G]

She’s got American Dreams ([C], [E], [Am], [F] x2)

[C]So ohh loo[E]k at you now
You’re a s[Am]mall town girl in a bi[F]g old crowd
Y[C]our Moving up Making[E] your scene
Ain’[Am]t making a dime but you’re liv[F]ing your dreams
An[C]d up there you’re gonna [E]have your fights
But girl[Am] follow your heart You gonna do [F]alirght
& I[C] know that’s what you a[E]lways do
You were bo[Am]rn to be free.
Born for b[F]reaking the rules

[C] So she’s gonna do[E] what she wants [Am]to do
She’s gonna we[G]ar a one piece bathing sui[C]t
She’s gonna sm[E]ile, she’s gonna sc[Am]ream
She’s a small to[G]wn girl in a big ci[F]ty
Yeah, she’s making her moves[G]

She’s got American----

[C]Dreams don’t come from anyone el[E]se

They’re born in the beating deep inside
of your ch[F]est
Lord knows they [G]do
And the [C]harder you try the harder you might fall
But you’[E]ll never learn nothing if it
aint ever your fau[F]lt
So go on and do what you [G]do
                             ([C], [E], [Am], [F] x2)
Come on and make us a move Oooo, oooo yeahh

Rest of the song (fade out) Repeat: [C], [E], [Am], [F]