Johnny Rivers – The American Dream (Guitar)

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All my life I worked so hard, chasing the American Dream

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Bought a great big house, a big fine car, foolproof retirement plan

                                    Am
Sent my kids to school, don't gonna raise no fool

      C          D          G
I was doing everything just right

G                           Am
Paid my union dues, took my wife on a cruise

   C               D         G
My future, man, it looked so bright

                             Am
I woke up one day, heard the newsman say

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Oh no, we lost it all last night! We lost it all last night!

G                                  Em
I wanna walk and walk, oh, I wanna talk and talk

       Am                    D       Bm  Am
I will shine some light all around

     G                        Em
Open up my heart, oh, I wanna free my mind

        C               D           G
I wanna leave something beautiful behind

G                   Am
Credit card debt, I can't keep score

C         D      G
This poor man is at my door

                       Am
Got my notice just the other day

C          D       G
Thought my job was here to stay

G                     Am
Look like my world is crumbling down

    C      D             G
And all my friends, they left this town

                     Am
Took so much I never tried to give

       C             D      G
Got to find a better way to live, hey

G                                  Em
I wanna walk and walk, oh, I wanna talk and talk

        Am                    D       Bm  Am
I wanna shine some light all around

     G                        Em
Open up my heart, oh, I wanna free my mind

        C               D           G     Em
I wanna leave something beautiful behind, yeah

        C               D           G     Em
I wanna leave something beautiful behind

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It's all crumbling down (I wanna leave something beautiful behind)

            Em                   C           D       G        Em
All around, say goodbye, say goodbye to the American dream

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It's not what it seems, say goodbye to the American dream

            C             D               G
It's just a great, great, great deforming scheme

        Em                C                    D       G      Em
Say goodbye, say goodbye, say goodbye, to the American Dream

            C               D           G
(You better leave something beautiful behind)

        Em
Say goodby (say goodbye, say goodbye, to the American Dream)

            C               D           G
(You better leave something beautiful behind)

G
Oh, now now now now now, It's not what it seems

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Oh, I wanna leave something beautiful behind