(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,
Bm D
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.
D A
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,
Bm D
A
Speculating what they may find out, it don't matter now, you're all washed
up.
E A E A E
You wake up in the middle of the night, your sheets are wet and your face is
white.
E A E Bsus2
You tried to make a good thing last. How could something so good, go bad,
so fast?
A Bm
American dream, American dream
A Bm D
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.
A Am9 D E
Bm 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
