Intro: A Am9 A A Am9 A
A
I used to see you on every T.V.,
A
Your smiling face looked back at me.
D
I used to see you on every T.V.,
A
Your smiling face looked back at me.
E
Then they caught you with the girl next door,
E
People's money piled on the floor,
Bm
Accusations that you try to deny,
D A Am9 A
Revelations and rumors begin to fly.
A
Now you think about reaching out,
A
Maybe get some help from above.
D
Now you think about reaching out,
A
Maybe get some help from above.
E
Reporters crowd around your house
E
Going through your garbage like a pack of hounds,
Bm
Speculating what they may find out,
D A
It don't matter now, you're all washed up.
E A E
You wake up in the middle of the night,
A E
Your sheets are wet and your face is white.
E
You tried to make a good thing last.
A E Bsus2
How could something so good, go bad, so fast?
A Bm
American dream, American dream
A Bm D
American dream, American dream.
A
Don't know when things went wrong,
A
Might have been when you were young and strong.
D
Don't know when things went wrong,
A
Might have been when you were young and strong.
E
Reporters crowd around your house,
E
Going through your garbage like a pack of hounds,
Bm D
Speculating what they may find out,
D
It don't matter now, you're all washed up.
A
Don't know when things went wrong,
A
Might have been when you were young and strong.
A
American dream, American dream.
D
Don't know when things went wrong,
A
Might have been when you were young and strong.
A
American dream, American dream.
