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American Dream
Words and Music
by Neil Young
CAPO I

(Intro   A  Am9   A  A  Am9  A)

AA Piano Chord 

I used to see you on every T.V.,  your smiling face looked back at me.
DD Piano Chord 
								          AA Piano Chord 

I used to see you on every T.V.,  your smiling face looked back at me.
EE Piano Chord 

Then they caught you with the girl next door, People's money piled on the
floor,
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                                               DD Piano Chord 

A  Am9  A  etc.
Accusations that you try to deny, Revelations and rumors begin to fly.
AA Piano Chord 

Now you think about reaching out, maybe get some help from above.
DD Piano Chord 
   								        AA Piano Chord 

Now you think about reaching out, maybe get some help from above.
EE Piano Chord 

Reporters crowd around your house going through your garbage like a pack of
hounds,
BmBm Piano Chord 
                                                  DD Piano Chord 

AA Piano Chord 

Speculating what they may find out, it don't matter now, you're all washed
up.
EE Piano Chord 
					AA Piano Chord 
  EE Piano Chord 
					    AA Piano Chord 
    EE Piano Chord 

You wake up in the middle of the night, your sheets are wet and your face is
white.
EE Piano Chord 
                   			    AA Piano Chord 
     EE Piano Chord 
					        Bsus2
You tried to make a good thing last.   How could something so good, go bad,
so fast?
AA Piano Chord 
                                             BmBm Piano Chord 

American dream, American dream
AA Piano Chord 
                                              BmBm Piano Chord 
    DD Piano Chord 

American dream, American dream.
AA Piano Chord 

Don't know when things went wrong, might have been when you were young and
strong.
DD Piano Chord 
											AA Piano Chord 

Don't know when things went wrong, might have been when you were young and
strong.
EE Piano Chord 

Reporters crowd around your house, going through your garbage like a pack of
hounds,
BmBm Piano Chord 
				         DD Piano Chord 

Speculating what they may find out, it don't matter now, you're all washed
up.
AA Piano Chord 

Don't know when things went wrong, might have been when you were young and
strong.
DD Piano Chord 

American dream, American dream.  Don't know when things went wrong,
AA Piano Chord 

Might have been when you were young and strong.   American dream, American
dream.

AA Piano Chord 
                     Am9Am9 Piano Chord 
              DD Piano Chord 
                   EE Piano Chord 

BmBm Piano Chord 
                Bsus2
x 0 2 2 2 0       x 0 2 2 0 0     x x 0 2 3 2     0 2 2 1 0 0     2 2 4 4 3 2
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

submitted by David L'Heureux
Burlington, NC, USA