American Dream Switchfoot
This song was one of my favorites on Switchfoot's Oh! Gravity album. I didn't find a
chart or tab for it so I figured I'd learn it and put it up.
Chords used:
[A] [E] [D] [F#m] [E5] [D5]
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Intro/Fill:
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============THE SONG=============
Intro x2
Verse 1:
A (palm-mute verses if desired)
When success is equated with excess
[A]The ambition for excess wrecks us
[A]As top of the mind becomes the bottom line
[A]When success is equated with excess
Verse 2:
[A]If your time ain't been nothing for money
[A]I start to feel really bad for you, honey
[A]Maybe honey, put your money where your mouth's been running
[A]If your time ain't been nothing but money
Pre-Chorus:
[D]I want [E]out of this ma[F#m]chine
It doesn't [E5]feel like freedom
Chorus:
[A]This ain't my American dream[D]
[A]I want to live and die for b[D]igger things
[E]I'm tired of fighting for just[D] me
[E]This ain't my American dream
Intro/Fill x1
Verse 3:
[A]When success is equated with excess
[A]When we're fighting for the Beamer, the Lexus
[A]As the heart and soul breath in the company goals
[A]Where success is equated with excess
Prechorus
Chorus
Bridge:
[E5]'Cause baby's always [D5]talkin' 'bout a [A]ring
[E5]And talk has always [D5]been the cheapest [A]thing
Is it [E5]true would you [D5]do what I [A]want you to
If I [E5]show up with the [D5]right amount of [A]bling?
Like a [E5]puppet on a [D5]monetary [A]string
[E5]Maybe we've been caught [D5]singing
[E]Red, white, blue, and [E5]gree-ee-een
E5 (strum three times fast and let ring)
But that ain't my America,
E5 (let ring lightly) A
That ain't my American dream
Chorus
Intro/Fill
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Hope this helped someone. Enjoy and God Bless!
-Vito
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