American Dream Chords by Mara Connor

[Intro]
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[Verse]
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Rosie works a double at the diner
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Can’t afford the weekends off
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■ Since she got the slip last December
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From her secretary job
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■ Her oldest son’s back in the service ■
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She hopes he’ll make it home for Christmas
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Some people get what they want
                       D 
The rest they just get by


[Chorus]
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Some people they get to live
                          D    
The rest just try to stay alive
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And hometown heroes and beauty queens
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Their hopes are blown to smithereens
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They go on chasing
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The American ■ Dream ■ ■


[Inst]

[Verse]
D A                                    
■ Billy slips some liquor in his coffee
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As he opens up the bar
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■ It’s been six years since he was sober
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Used to be a football star
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■ Now he just watches it on TV ■
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Reliving it and reminiscing
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Clutching his cup of joe and whiskey


[Chorus]
A                             
Some people get what they want
                       D 
The rest they just get by
A                           
Some people they get to live
                          D    
The rest just try to stay alive
    E                                
And hometown heroes and beauty queens
      D                             
Their hopes get blown to smithereens
    E                  
But they’ll die chasing


[Inst]
D            A D     A
The American ■ Dream ■


[Verse]
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■ Julie takes her children to the rally
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Of her favorite candidate
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Another billionaire who swears he’s
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For the Proletariat


[Chorus]
D    E                    D     
■ He promises to help the miners
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Soldiers and moms who work at diners
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■  Some people get what they want
                   D     
The rest they just get by
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■ Some people they get to live
                     D      
The rest just try to survive
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‘cause hometown heroes and beauty queens
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They placed their bets on the wrong team ■
                D      A             
All in the name of the American Dream


[Outro]
E               D               N.C. 
All in the name of the American Dream