American Dream
©2020
Garrett Clevenger
E D B AB D x3
A
DED
B
E D B AB D I’ve
heard that you’re easy
E D B AB D and
a little bit sleazy.
E D B AB D I’m
hopin’ that you’ll please me
A
DED
B
and you’ll be all mine.
E D B AB D So
come on over, baby.
E D B AB D Show
me what you got.
E D B AB D Any
way you choose it,
A
DED
B
we’ll get wild for a while.
E D B AB D Not
like back in high school
E D B AB D when
you played me a fool.
E D B AB D Now
you’re hangin’ at my place,
A
DED
B
but now I know what to
do.
A I’ve become the
American Dream
E D E DEDE your granddaddy
died for.
A I guarantee that
your kid
B will also face a
war.
E D B AB D I
just got back from Iraq
E D B AB D fightin’ in some war
E D B AB D that’s
been ragin’ since I was a baby.
A
DED
B
The people there are so sore.
E D B AB D I
spied them when I was driving
E D B AB D my
deadly armored Humvee.
E D B AB D The
people there seem kind of weird
A
DED
B
and they’ve never been free.
E D B AB D But
I got a gun and I’m gonna kill ‘em
E D B AB D for
annoying me.
E D B AB D That’s
right I’m living what’s called
A
DED
B
the American Dream.
A Come on over,
baby,
E D E DEDE I’ll show you what
I got.
A A military
scholarship.
B Now it’s my shot!
E D B AB D I’m
working a nightshift
E D B AB D at
a gas station.
E D B AB D I
got a bit of PTSD.
A
DED
B
That’s my situation.
E D B AB D If
you try to rob me
E D B AB D I’ll
pull at my gun,
E D B AB D even
if you’re not Iraqi
A
DED
B
or are the Chosen One.
E D B AB D I’ve
got a silver bullet
E D B AB D loaded
in my gold gun.
E D B AB D And
I don’t take no bullshit
A
DED
B
from anyone.
A I’m livin’ the American Dream.
E D E DEDE Come over. I’ll
show you what I mean.
A It might be a
little obscene
B But it’s the real
thing.
E D B AB D I
don’t take no for an answer.
E D B AB D I
am a yes kind of man.
E D B AB D I’m
positive right to the core.
A
DED
B
I do the best that I can.
E D B AB D That
don’t mean that I’m perfect.
E D B AB D I
ain’t no saint.
E D B AB D I
once aimed a gun at my mama.
A
DED
B
I made her faint.
E D B AB D So
give me some lovin’, baby.
E D B AB D Then
I’ll let you leave.
E D B AB D You
know you wanna get some
A
DED
B
American Dream.
A I’ll make it right
tomorrow
E D E DEDE if I get through
tonight.
A I can’t promise
the next day
B I won’t be gunning
to fight.
E D B AB D American Dream.
E D B AB D A little obscene.
E D B
AB D It’s the real
thing.
A
DED
B
American Dream.
Jam