American Dreaming Chords by Dead Can Dance

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_ _ _ [C] I need my conscience [D] to keep watch over me, [C] to [G] protect me from [D]
myself.
_ _ [C] So I can wear honesty [D] like a crown on my head [C] when I walk into [G] the [D] promised land.
_ [C] _ [G] We've been too [D] long American _ [G] [C] Dreaming, I think we've [G] all [D] lost the way.
_ [C] _ [G] Fair along the [D] sun, and you list it [C] maniacal [G] in [D] the dark.
_ [C] _ [G] I'm in love with an [D]
American girl, [C] well [Em] she's my [D] best friend.
_ _ [C] _ [Em] I love her [D] surreptitious smile [C] that hides [Em] the fear [D] in her.
[G] _ [C] And [G] we'll go dancing [D] in the rings of [G] laughter, [C] then we [G] belong by [D] the shores.
[C] _ [G] Fair along in the [D] rounds of [G] [C] raptures, even [G] long [D] for the loss.
_ Hey, _ on the leader rising [C] [G] wind blows.
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[D] Hey, _ on the leader [C] rising wind blows.
How long?
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_ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ Fair along [G] in the [D] rounds of [C] allegiances [G] we left _ [D] behind.
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Turbine by [D] the foot of the doorway, [C] little lost [G]
[D] and found.
_ [C] _ [G] We've been too [D] long American [G] Dreaming, [C] I think we've [G] all lost the [D] _ heart.
[C] _ [G] Fair along the [D] sun, and you [G] list it [C] [G] maniacal in [D] the dark.
_ Hey, on the leader rising [C] [Em] wind [B] blows.
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_ [D] Hey, _ on the leader [Am] rising wind [C] blows.
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Hey, _ _ [G] _ yeah.
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