The American Dream Chords by Hank Williams Jr
Tempo:
98.5 bpm
Chords used:
C
F
G
D
Fm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C]
Too many lawyers in football, [Fm] baseball's got [C] a few.
Pitcher got a million dollars [D] and the quarterback [G] got two.
[C] Pitcher threw his arm away [Fm] and the quarterback burned [C] his knees.
And this they did so they could live the American dream.
Now there are some preachers on [Gm] TV [F] with a suit and a [C] tie and a vest.
They want you to send your money to the Lord [D] but they give you their [G] address.
[A] [C] Because all of your donations are [F] completely [C] tax free.
God bless you all but most of all [G] send your [C] money.
Do you [F] really want it?
Do you [C] really need it?
You got to keep [G] on grinding [F]
just to try [C] to keep it.
You got no [F] time for yourself, you got more for old [C] Jim Beam.
[F] You're going [C] crazy dreaming [G]
the [C] American dream.
[D]
[C] Reagan is a cutting the budget, [F] making the [C] Democrats scream.
Says we got to control inflation, quit [D] spending our money on [G] everything.
[C] But this year's tax increase, [F] why it's the biggest in [C] history.
Around and around we go, where we stop, who [G] knows the [C] American dream.
Do we [F] really want it?
Do you [Cm] really need it?
[C]
We got to [Gm] keep on grinding [F] just to [C] try to keep it.
We got [F] no time for ourselves, and more for [C] old Jim Beam.
[F]
We're going crazy [Cm] dreaming [G] the [C] American dream.
[F]
We're going [C] crazy dreaming [G] the [C] American dream.
[D] [C] Hail to the Chief.
Too many lawyers in football, [Fm] baseball's got [C] a few.
Pitcher got a million dollars [D] and the quarterback [G] got two.
[C] Pitcher threw his arm away [Fm] and the quarterback burned [C] his knees.
And this they did so they could live the American dream.
Now there are some preachers on [Gm] TV [F] with a suit and a [C] tie and a vest.
They want you to send your money to the Lord [D] but they give you their [G] address.
[A] [C] Because all of your donations are [F] completely [C] tax free.
God bless you all but most of all [G] send your [C] money.
Do you [F] really want it?
Do you [C] really need it?
You got to keep [G] on grinding [F]
just to try [C] to keep it.
You got no [F] time for yourself, you got more for old [C] Jim Beam.
[F] You're going [C] crazy dreaming [G]
the [C] American dream.
[D]
[C] Reagan is a cutting the budget, [F] making the [C] Democrats scream.
Says we got to control inflation, quit [D] spending our money on [G] everything.
[C] But this year's tax increase, [F] why it's the biggest in [C] history.
Around and around we go, where we stop, who [G] knows the [C] American dream.
Do we [F] really want it?
Do you [Cm] really need it?
[C]
We got to [Gm] keep on grinding [F] just to [C] try to keep it.
We got [F] no time for ourselves, and more for [C] old Jim Beam.
[F]
We're going crazy [Cm] dreaming [G] the [C] American dream.
[F]
We're going [C] crazy dreaming [G] the [C] American dream.
[D] [C] Hail to the Chief.
Key:
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[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Too many lawyers in football, [Fm] baseball's got [C] a few.
_ _ _ Pitcher got a million dollars [D] and the quarterback [G] got two.
_ [C] _ _ Pitcher threw his arm away [Fm] and the quarterback burned [C] his knees.
_ And this they did so they could live the American dream. _
_ _ _ _ Now there are some preachers on [Gm] TV [F] with a suit and a [C] tie and a vest.
They want you to send your money to the Lord [D] but they give you their [G] address. _
[A] [C] Because all of your donations are [F] completely [C] tax free.
_ _ God bless you all but most of all [G] send your [C] money.
_ Do you [F] really want it?
Do you [C] really need it?
You got to keep [G] on grinding [F]
just to try [C] to keep it.
You got no [F] time for yourself, you got more for old [C] Jim Beam.
[F] You're going [C] crazy dreaming [G]
the [C] American dream.
_ _ _ _ [D] _
[C] _ Reagan is a cutting the budget, [F] making the [C] Democrats scream.
_ Says we got to control inflation, quit [D] spending our money on [G] everything.
_ _ [C] But this year's tax increase, [F] why it's the biggest in [C] history.
_ _ Around and around we go, where we stop, who [G] knows the [C] American dream.
Do we [F] really want it?
Do you [Cm] really need it?
[C]
We got to [Gm] keep on grinding [F] just to [C] try to keep it.
We got [F] no time for ourselves, and more for [C] old Jim Beam.
[F]
We're going crazy [Cm] dreaming [G] the [C] American dream.
[F]
We're going [C] crazy dreaming [G] the [C] American dream.
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [C] Hail to the Chief. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Too many lawyers in football, [Fm] baseball's got [C] a few.
_ _ _ Pitcher got a million dollars [D] and the quarterback [G] got two.
_ [C] _ _ Pitcher threw his arm away [Fm] and the quarterback burned [C] his knees.
_ And this they did so they could live the American dream. _
_ _ _ _ Now there are some preachers on [Gm] TV [F] with a suit and a [C] tie and a vest.
They want you to send your money to the Lord [D] but they give you their [G] address. _
[A] [C] Because all of your donations are [F] completely [C] tax free.
_ _ God bless you all but most of all [G] send your [C] money.
_ Do you [F] really want it?
Do you [C] really need it?
You got to keep [G] on grinding [F]
just to try [C] to keep it.
You got no [F] time for yourself, you got more for old [C] Jim Beam.
[F] You're going [C] crazy dreaming [G]
the [C] American dream.
_ _ _ _ [D] _
[C] _ Reagan is a cutting the budget, [F] making the [C] Democrats scream.
_ Says we got to control inflation, quit [D] spending our money on [G] everything.
_ _ [C] But this year's tax increase, [F] why it's the biggest in [C] history.
_ _ Around and around we go, where we stop, who [G] knows the [C] American dream.
Do we [F] really want it?
Do you [Cm] really need it?
[C]
We got to [Gm] keep on grinding [F] just to [C] try to keep it.
We got [F] no time for ourselves, and more for [C] old Jim Beam.
[F]
We're going crazy [Cm] dreaming [G] the [C] American dream.
[F]
We're going [C] crazy dreaming [G] the [C] American dream.
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [C] Hail to the Chief. _ _ _ _ _ _ _