American Dream Chords by Resurrection Band

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_ _ _ _ _ The [E] _
_ _ _ [A] recipe [Eb] of life [D] is the label I must wear.
[A] Now listen to the [D] dreamer, prepare what is on there.
[A] That child [Eb] asks questions, [D] but only for their sake.
[A] Believing there were [D] answers became my one statement.
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_ [E] _ [A] The holy [Eb] morning paper [D]
slaps the sense of dawn.
[A] _ [Eb] America's doors open, let's [D] see what's going on.
[A] Confusion [Eb] with our coffee, [D]
fear inculcates.
[A] Granada takes [Eb] another dive, [D] another bubble breaks.
[C] I shuffle off stage, and check the screen.
Back folks say I'm the American dream.
Watergate, Pugna, comedy relief.
Laughing, I [E] feel, surviving, I dream.
School is gold, forgive me fools.
[G] Great failure with twisted [Em] rules.
Hail to the family men that TVed rooms.
[G] Suicide, genocide, abortion, [E] plot tools.
Terrorism, violence, dying of disease.
[G] Contradicts the bad reality [Em] we see.
Nuclear attack, I still feel alive.
Let it, [G] hold it, hurt me, shiver me.
[D] _ [B] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [E] _ _ It [C] won't happen in [C] 1950.
It may happen in 1965.
It will happen, just don't think about it.
[E] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ I'm a man.
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I'm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a man.
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_ [Eb] _ [D] We have a wish, a [G] desire. _ _
[Eb] I'm a man.
I'm a man.
[D] I'm a man.
[G] I'm a man.
[E]
I'm a man.
[D] I'm a man.
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