Chord My American Dream by Will Hoge

this is my first submission . thought i’d give it a go as i couldn’t find it elsewhere . bit unsure about the lyrics in places . capo 2nd fret fcgamgfcg F C F C you used to be a one horse town but the pony went away , F C Am G ended up in china ’cos they make it cheaper there they say , F C Am G F now the store fronts all are empty and the factory is dead , F C Am G and these streets i used to walk on , now they’re just my bed Am G F and i’m goin down . . . down . . . down C i’m goin down F C F C did a couple years at college but i just couldn’t make it stick , F C Am G had to come back here and help mama ’cos Daddy left when she got sick , F C Am G F she worked everyday for nothin’ until she turned sixty two , F C Am G and on the same day that i buried her the bank folk closed on her house too chorus F C G Am it’s my american dream and i’ve been all that i can be , G F C G with nothin’ left to lose at all i guess i’m free , Am G F it’s my american dream . . . dream . . . dream C it’s my american dream F C F C so i stand here at this not sure of word! and smile as best i can , F C Am G with a sign that says jesus loves you but it’s hard to think he gives a damn F C Am G F when they roll down their windows and put some spare change in my hand , F C Am G but i’d give it all right back to just be looked at like a man , Am G F and i’m goin down . . . down . . . down C i’m goin down solo F C F C when it’s cold i try the mission on night’s like this i sleep outside , F C Am G under a bridge beside the interstate where i can hear those trucks roll by , F C Am G F and imagine i’m inside one , just rollin’ down the road , F C Am G but i wake up just to realise that this place is now my home , F C G Am it’s my american dream and i’ve been all that i can be , G F C G with nothin’ left to lose at all i guess i’m free , F C G Am ’cos my american dream disappeared in front of me , G F C G and with nothin’ left to lose at all i guess i’m free , Am G F it’s my american dream . . . dream . . . dream C it’s my american dream . . .