My American Dream
Will HogeVersion1
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And I'm goin down... down... down
I'm goin down
Did a couple years at college but I just couldn't make it stick,
Had to come back here and help Mama 'cos Daddy left when she got sick,
She worked everyday for nothin' until she turned sixty two,
And on the same day that I buried her the bank folk closed on her house too
(Chorus)
It's my American dream and I've been all that I can be,
With nothin' left to lose at all I guess I'm free,
It's my American dream... dream... dream
It's my American dream
So I stand here at this (Not sure of word!) and smile as best I can,
With a sign that says Jesus loves you but it's hard to think he gives a damn
When they roll down their windows and put some spare change in my hand,
But I'd give it all right back to just be looked at like a man,
And I'm goin down... down... down
I'm goin down
(Solo)
When it's cold I try the mission on night's like this I sleep outside,
Under a bridge beside the interstate where I can hear those trucks roll by,
And imagine I'm inside one, just rollin' down the road,
But I wake up just to realise that this place is now my home,
It's my American dream and I've been all that I can be,
With nothin' left to lose at all I guess I'm free,
'Cos my American dream disappeared in front of me,
And with nothin' left to lose at all I guess I'm free,
It's my American dream... dream... dream
It's my American dream...
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Readable chord sheet for My American Dream by Will Hoge
And I'm goin dow[Am]n... d[G]own... do[F]wn I'm goin d[C]own [F]Did a couple years at co[C]llege but I just[F] couldn't make it stick[C], [F]Had to come back here and help M[C]ama 'cos Daddy l[Am]eft when she got sic[G]k, [F]She worked everyday for not[C]hin' until s[Am]he turned s[G]ixty t[F]wo, And on the s[F]ame day that I b[C]uried her the bank folk cl[Am]osed on her house to[G]o (Chorus) [F]It's my American d[C]ream and I've [G]been all that I can [Am]be, With n[G]othin' [F]left to lose at [C]all I guess I'm f[G]ree, It's my American d[Am]ream... d[G]ream... dre[F]am It's my American d[C]ream [F]So I stand here at this (N[C]ot sure of word!) [F]and smile as best I ca[C]n, With a s[F]ign that says Jesus l[C]oves you but it's [Am]hard to think he gives a dam[G]n [F]When they roll down their [C]windows and put some [Am]spare change [G]in my ha[F]nd, But I[F]'d give it all right b[C]ack to just be l[Am]ooked at like a m[G]an, And I'm goin do[Am]wn... [G]down... d[F]own I'm goin d[C]own (Solo) [F]When it's cold I try the m[C]ission on night's like t[F]his I sleep outsi[C]de, Under a [F]bridge beside the i[C]nterstate where I can [Am]hear those trucks roll b[G]y, A[F]nd imagine I'm insi[C]de one, just [Am]rollin' d[G]own the roa[F]d, But I w[F]ake up just to r[C]ealise that this p[Am]lace is now my h[G]ome, [F]It's my American d[C]ream and I've [G]been all that I can [Am]be, With n[G]othin' [F]left to lose at [C]all I guess I'm f[G]ree, [F]'Cos my American d[C]ream disap[G]peared in front of m[Am]e, And with n[G]othin' [F]left to lose at [C]all I guess I'm f[G]ree, It's my American d[Am]ream... d[G]ream... dre[F]am It's my American d[C]ream...