Chords for Drayton Farley - American Dream [Audio]

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_ I'm a just keep [D] watching, think my [C] heart's stopping, nicotine [G] fiend of a man.
I was born [D] this way, I'm a government [Am] slave, and I [D] was raised on [G] stolen land.
_ [C] It's [G] a [Am] hard up kind of [G] life, [D] begging the [C] ashtray for nickels and [G] dimes, [D] writing [C] these songs
trying to wrap [Am] my mind [D] around [C] a bullshit [G] American dream.
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[C] _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ You're still a six gun [D] owner, bet the truth hurts, [C] don't it, won't you catch me [G] if you can.
I hope all is [D] well, it'll be a cold day in [C] hell when you're [D] fried from the [G] dying hands. _
[C] It's a [G] hard [Am] up kind of [G] life, but [D] paying your dues [C] don't get you by.
[G] You're [D] working all week [C] to make some overtime [A] to pay for this [C] bullshit [G] American dream.
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_ I heard once to be dreaming, [D] I mean you gotta be asleep [C] and I've grown [D] tired of [G] counting these sheep.
I had a dream I was [D] drugged, and when I finally woke up, [C] the wind [D] blew up my [G] TV.
_ _ [C] Cause it's a [G] hard [Am] up kind of [G] life, you're [D] not allowed to [C] get yourself a natural [G] high,
here's [D] a pill to help you [C] sleep, just give it some [Am] time.
Now you're addicted [C] to [D] this bullshit [G] American dream.
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[C] And it's a [Bm] hard [A] up kind of [Am] life, _ [G] [D] begging the [C] ashtray for nickels and dimes, [G] _ [D] writing these
[C] songs trying to wrap my mind [D] around a bullshit American dream.
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