Hayes Carll – American Dream chords

[Intro]
G Em C G (2x)


[Verse 1]
G         Em     C             GI lit the fire, poured out the bottle
G         Em        C                  DAsked the moonlight what it might have seen
Em     Bm       C          DIf it answered, I can't remember
       G    F# Em D   C        GI fell down in to the American Dream


[Verse 2]
G         Em  C              GBeen too long in the Devil's workshop
G                  Em          C             DSo I'm driving the backbone to change the scenery
Em            Bm       C          DHere come the horses through purgatory
          G    F# Em  D   C        GThey fell down in to the American Dream


[Chorus]
D                     C        GSummer time sunshine, shine on me
C       G         DShow me where I'm going


[Verse 3]
G            Em         C       GI'll find an old friend in El Dorado
G               Em           C         DLike Harry Dean Stanton on a drive-in screen
Em           Bm      C              DA tumbleweed blowing through Paris, Texas
        G    F# Em D    C       GHe fell down in to the American Dream


[Instrumental]
G F# Em D C (x4)


[Verse 4]
G            Em      C              GSun-bleached dresses wavin' from a clothesline
G             Em               C               DCome Saturday evening, they'll have a place to be
Em             Bm         C           DI'll pick some flowers to take to her Mama
       G    F# Em D    C       GI fell down in to the American Dream


[Chorus]
D                     C        GSummer time sunshine, shine on me
          C       G         DWon't you show me where I'm goin'?
D                         C     GLeaving San Francisco for New Orleans
      C          G       DI can hear that rooster crowin'


[Verse 4]
G         Em     C             GSpit and polish the ancient story
G         Em     C       DLove and glory, gold and greed
Em      Bm       C          DNothing changes, even if it wants to
       G   F# Em D    C       GWe go down in to the American Dream


[Outro]
G F# Em D C (x4)

G    F# Em D   CWe go down..........baby
G    F# Em D   COn down to       New Orleans
G    F# Em D   CDown................baby
G    F# Em D   COnly finding what it means

G F# Em D C (6x)