An American Dream Chords by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Tempo:
110.8 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
F#m
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] [G]
[A] [D]
[G]
I [A]
[D] [G] [D]
beg your pardon, [G] Mama, what did you say?
[A] My mind was drifting [D] off on Martinique Bay.
It's not that I'm [G] not interested, you [A] see.
Augusta, Georgia [D] is just no place to be.
I think [G] Jamaican in the moonlight.
[A] Sandy beaches, [D] drinking rum every night.
We got no money, [G] Mama, but we can [A] go.
What's with the [D] difference for the coconut roll?
Keep on talking, [G] Mama, I can't hear.
[A] Your voice, it tickles [D] down inside of my ear.
I feel a tropical [G] vacation this [A] year
might be the answer [D] to this hillbilly fear.
I think Jamaican [G] in the moonlight.
[A] Sandy beaches, [D] drinking rum every night.
We got no money, [G] Mama, but we can go.
[A] What's with the [D] difference for the coconut roll?
Wild life, [G] an American dream.
[A] Well, we can travel, [D] girl, without any mean.
When it's as easy [G] as closing your [A] eyes,
and dream Jamaica [D] is a big neon sign.
[F#m] [G]
[Em] [D] [G] [D]
[G]
[A]
[D] [G] [A] [G]
[D] Just keep talking, [G] Mama, I like that sound.
[A] It goes so easy [D] with that rain falling down.
I think a tropical [G] vacation this [A] year
might be the answer [D] to this hillbilly fear.
Wild life, [G] an American dream.
[A] Yeah, we can travel, [D] girl, without any mean.
When it's as easy [G] as closing your [A] eyes,
and dream Jamaica [D] is a big neon sign.
Just [G] think Jamaican in the moonlight.
[A] Sandy beaches, [D] drinking rum every night.
We got no money, [G] Mama, but we can [G#] go.
[A] Split the difference [D] for the coconut roll.
[G] [A] [D]
[G]
[A]
[D] [G]
[A] [D]
[A] [D]
[G]
I [A]
[D] [G] [D]
beg your pardon, [G] Mama, what did you say?
[A] My mind was drifting [D] off on Martinique Bay.
It's not that I'm [G] not interested, you [A] see.
Augusta, Georgia [D] is just no place to be.
I think [G] Jamaican in the moonlight.
[A] Sandy beaches, [D] drinking rum every night.
We got no money, [G] Mama, but we can [A] go.
What's with the [D] difference for the coconut roll?
Keep on talking, [G] Mama, I can't hear.
[A] Your voice, it tickles [D] down inside of my ear.
I feel a tropical [G] vacation this [A] year
might be the answer [D] to this hillbilly fear.
I think Jamaican [G] in the moonlight.
[A] Sandy beaches, [D] drinking rum every night.
We got no money, [G] Mama, but we can go.
[A] What's with the [D] difference for the coconut roll?
Wild life, [G] an American dream.
[A] Well, we can travel, [D] girl, without any mean.
When it's as easy [G] as closing your [A] eyes,
and dream Jamaica [D] is a big neon sign.
[F#m] [G]
[Em] [D] [G] [D]
[G]
[A]
[D] [G] [A] [G]
[D] Just keep talking, [G] Mama, I like that sound.
[A] It goes so easy [D] with that rain falling down.
I think a tropical [G] vacation this [A] year
might be the answer [D] to this hillbilly fear.
Wild life, [G] an American dream.
[A] Yeah, we can travel, [D] girl, without any mean.
When it's as easy [G] as closing your [A] eyes,
and dream Jamaica [D] is a big neon sign.
Just [G] think Jamaican in the moonlight.
[A] Sandy beaches, [D] drinking rum every night.
We got no money, [G] Mama, but we can [G#] go.
[A] Split the difference [D] for the coconut roll.
[G] [A] [D]
[G]
[A]
[D] [G]
[A] [D]
Key:
D
G
A
F#m
Em
D
G
A
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
I [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ beg your pardon, [G] Mama, what did you say?
[A] My mind was drifting [D] off on Martinique Bay.
It's not that I'm [G] not interested, you [A] see.
Augusta, Georgia [D] is just no place to be.
I think [G] Jamaican in the moonlight.
[A] _ Sandy beaches, [D] drinking rum every night.
We got no money, [G] Mama, but we can [A] go.
What's with the [D] difference for the coconut roll?
_ Keep on talking, [G] Mama, I can't hear.
_ [A] Your voice, it tickles [D] down inside of my ear.
I feel a tropical [G] vacation this [A] year
might be the answer [D] to this hillbilly fear.
I think Jamaican [G] in the moonlight.
_ [A] _ Sandy beaches, [D] drinking rum every night.
We got no money, [G] Mama, but we can go.
[A] What's with the [D] difference for the coconut roll?
_ Wild life, [G] an American dream.
[A] Well, we can travel, [D] girl, without any mean.
_ When it's as easy [G] as closing your [A] eyes,
and dream Jamaica [D] is a big neon sign.
_ _ [F#m] _ [G] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ [G] _
[D] _ _ _ Just keep talking, [G] Mama, I like that sound.
[A] It goes so easy [D] with that rain falling down.
I think a tropical [G] vacation this [A] year
might be the answer [D] to this hillbilly fear.
_ Wild life, [G] an American dream.
[A] Yeah, we can travel, [D] girl, without any mean.
_ When it's as easy [G] as closing your [A] eyes,
and dream Jamaica [D] is a big neon sign.
Just [G] think Jamaican in the moonlight.
_ [A] _ Sandy beaches, [D] drinking rum every night.
We got no money, [G] Mama, but we can [G#] go.
[A] Split the difference [D] for the coconut roll.
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I [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ beg your pardon, [G] Mama, what did you say?
[A] My mind was drifting [D] off on Martinique Bay.
It's not that I'm [G] not interested, you [A] see.
Augusta, Georgia [D] is just no place to be.
I think [G] Jamaican in the moonlight.
[A] _ Sandy beaches, [D] drinking rum every night.
We got no money, [G] Mama, but we can [A] go.
What's with the [D] difference for the coconut roll?
_ Keep on talking, [G] Mama, I can't hear.
_ [A] Your voice, it tickles [D] down inside of my ear.
I feel a tropical [G] vacation this [A] year
might be the answer [D] to this hillbilly fear.
I think Jamaican [G] in the moonlight.
_ [A] _ Sandy beaches, [D] drinking rum every night.
We got no money, [G] Mama, but we can go.
[A] What's with the [D] difference for the coconut roll?
_ Wild life, [G] an American dream.
[A] Well, we can travel, [D] girl, without any mean.
_ When it's as easy [G] as closing your [A] eyes,
and dream Jamaica [D] is a big neon sign.
_ _ [F#m] _ [G] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _
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_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ [G] _
[D] _ _ _ Just keep talking, [G] Mama, I like that sound.
[A] It goes so easy [D] with that rain falling down.
I think a tropical [G] vacation this [A] year
might be the answer [D] to this hillbilly fear.
_ Wild life, [G] an American dream.
[A] Yeah, we can travel, [D] girl, without any mean.
_ When it's as easy [G] as closing your [A] eyes,
and dream Jamaica [D] is a big neon sign.
Just [G] think Jamaican in the moonlight.
_ [A] _ Sandy beaches, [D] drinking rum every night.
We got no money, [G] Mama, but we can [G#] go.
[A] Split the difference [D] for the coconut roll.
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