Chords for "Uphill (American Dream)" by Chuck Cheesman ~ Juan Estruch Classical Guitar (1960s)

_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _
[C] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _
_ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [G] Louis can't [Am] read, [C] and [Bm] he's only 20.
[Am] _ [Em] But he paints real [Am] good, [G] and he speaks English alright.
_ [C] _ [G] And he washes [Am] dishes at a [C] place down on Kedzie.
[Bm] _ _ [Am] _ [Em] He don't have a [Am] green card, [C] they keep [G] him out of [Am] sight.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G]
Louis [F] has family in [C] Agua Prieta, [Bm] _ _ [Am] _
[Em] a wife and a [Am] baby [G] that he hardly knows.
_ [C] _ [G] He paints and [Am] pictures of the Chicago [C] _
[Bm] skyline,
_ [Am] _ [Em] wraps them round [C] dollars, and mails them home.
_ [G] _ _
60 minutes [C] of time _ for [G] _ _
a five dollar [Bm] bill.
_ [Am] _ [Em] It's hard [Am] to get rolling [G] when [C] it's all [G]
uphill.
[Am] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] Louis has [Am] dreams of a [C] home for his [Bm] family,
_ [Am] _ [Em] a room full of [Am] paintings, [G] and a yard for the child.
[C] _ [G] He keeps her [Am] picture in his old [C] leather wallet.
[Bm] _ _ [Am] _ [Em] It sometimes brings [C] tears, and sometimes a smile.
[G] But _ then it [C] keeps him off balance, _ [G] _
to feel [C] so alone.
[Bm] _ _ [Am] _
Can make it hard [C] to remember [G] the dream that made [C] you leave [G] home.
_ [A] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ Well he's [A] never seen cold [C] like a Chicago [Bm] winter.
_ _ [Em] So he fires up the stove, [G] and he opens the door.
[C] _ _
He misses [Am] his wife as he [C] warms up his [Bm] fingers.
[Am] _
[Em] Pulls on his [C] coat, and sleeps there on the floor.
[F] _ _ 60 [C] minutes of time [G] _ _ for a five [C] dollar [Bm] bill.
_ [Am] _ [Em] It's hard [Am] to get rolling.
[G] _
_ [Am] _ [Em] It's hard to [Am] get rolling [G]
when [C] it's all [G] uphill.
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _