{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1114354,"song":"My American Dream","artist":"Will Hoge","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11247900-my-american-dream-chords-by-will-hoge/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1114354?type=chord","rating":4.73948,"votes":3,"content":"This is my first submission. Thought I'd give it a go as I couldn't find it \r\nelsewhere. Bit unsure about the lyrics in places.\r\n\r\nCapo 2nd Fret\r\nFCGAmGFCG\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou used to be a one horse town but the pony went away,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nEnded up in China 'cos they make it cheaper there they say,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow the store fronts all are empty and the factory is dead,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd these streets I used to walk on, now they're just my bed[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm goin down... down... down[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm goin down[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDid a couple years at college but I just couldn't make it stick,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHad to come back here and help Mama 'cos Daddy left when she got sick,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe worked everyday for nothin' until she turned sixty two,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd on the same day that I buried her the bank folk closed on her house too[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n(Chorus)\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt's my American dream and I've been all that I can be,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith nothin' left to lose at all I guess I'm free,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt's my American dream... dream... dream[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's my American dream[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo I stand here at this off-ramp and smile as best I can,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith a sign that says Jesus loves you but it's hard to think he gives a damn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhen they roll down their windows and put some spare change in my hand,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I'd give it all right back to just be looked at like a man,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]               [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm goin down... down... down[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm goin down[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Solo)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen it's cold I try the mission on night's like this I sleep outside,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nUnder a bridge beside the interstate where I can hear those trucks roll by,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd imagine I'm inside one, just rollin' down the road,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I wake up just to realise that this place is now my home,[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt's my American dream and I've been all that I can be,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith nothin' left to lose at all I guess I'm free,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n'Cos my American dream disappeared in front of me,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd with nothin' left to lose at all I guess I'm free,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt's my American dream... dream... dream[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's my American dream...[/tab]","plain_text":"This is my first submission. Thought I'd give it a go as I couldn't find it \nelsewhere. Bit unsure about the lyrics in places.\n\nCapo 2nd Fret\nFCGAmGFCG\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Chorus)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Solo)","chords":["F","C","Am","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}