American Dream Chords by Jimmy Cliff

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The [D] American Dream
_ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ And so [A] you want to get the American [G] Visa
You [A] go where they say the living's [G] easier
Since you [A] were young you've been told
You can [G] get anything there
[D] But not so
_ _ _ _ [A] Freedom and prosperity for [G] all
_ [A] While opportunity is [G] not called
_ [A] A purse without teeth is [G] like a garden full of weeds
So [D] you better be
_ _ _ So [A] you better [Bm] be well
And you better take care
Or you just might be waiting for [F#] a nightmare _ _ _
Oh yeah, [D] the American Dream
_ [A] American Dream, [D] the American [A] Dream
Oh yeah, [D] the American Dream
[A] American Dream, [D] that's not what it seems
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And _ [D] _ _ _ [A] so it's better to seek [G] a home
In [A] Mount Sinai than [G] in Rome
Cause [A] when the land it get dry
A [G] lot of people go by
[D] Some might even die
_ _ And [A] so it's Africa for _ [G] Africans
India [A] _
for _ [G] Indians
_ _ [A] China for the Chinese [G] ones
Europe for the [D] Europeans _
_ _ _ _ And [A] now you [Bm] understand
I hope you find your land
Because a dream [F#m] is not _ [F#] reality
_ _ [A] _
Oh yeah, [D] the American Dream
[A] American Dream, [D] the American Dream
[A] _
Oh yeah, [D] the American Dream
[A] American Dream, [D] that's not what it [A] seems _
While [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] something is power [G] and glory
And [A] still for some a superficial [G] story
_ [A] Still for some an illusion [G] filled with confusion [D] And _ elucidations
I _ [A] know for some it means _ [G] emancipation
For [A] the member of an _ [G] organization
For [A] when the big corporations [G] put you in litigation
[D] You need protection
[Dm] From a most high-status typhoid
[A] So you better [Bm] beware
You better take care
Cause you just might be in for [F#] a nightmare _ _ _
Oh yeah, [D] the American Dream
[A] American Dream, [D] the American Dream
[A] _
Oh yeah, [D] the American Dream
[A] _
American Dream, [D] the American _ [A] Dream
Oh yeah, [D] the American Dream
_ _ [A] The American [D] Dream
_ A _ [A] _
dream only [D] lasts while you sleep
Yeah [A] yeah, all of it before [D] you leave
_ Oh yeah, [D] the American Dream
[A] American King, the American King _ _
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