"American Dream (Girl In Texas)" - John Tams - Unity - 2000
Transcribed by wranglingoutlaw
G/C - 3x2010
3/4 time -
Intro - | D | D | G | G | C | C | E | E | x2
A E Bm
The sunset streams across the silver screen
G D A
And takes the cowboy down
Bm E
And Texas seems a long, long way
A D A
From this run down mining town
Bm E
England's hope and glory
A D A
Has hit that lonesome trail
Bm E
And drugstore dreams of limousines
Bm E
Marlboro men and Levi jeans
Bm E
Steel guitars and rhinestone queens
A D A
They never let Me down
Bm E
And I dreamed I saw America
A D A | E ..
From a two bit-border town
4/4 time -
D F#m G G/C
Thought I'd get across the border
D F#m G G/C
See what I could see
D F#m G A
Put a little order
G Bm A
Between the Lone-Star State and Me
G A
She was standing by the freeway
D F#m G A
I was short on company
D F#m G A
She was a girl in Texas
G A | D G D / |
But a woman in Tennessee
| D G D D ..
.. F#m G G/C
My pick-up ain't no limousine
D F#m G G/C
But there's room enough for two
D F#m G A
As she slipped in down by My side
G Bm A
The State-line came into view
G A
She said She'd a mind to travel
D F#m G
I said, that is just fine by Me
A D F#m G A
She was a girl in Texas
G A | D G D / |
But a woman in Tennessee
| D G D D ..
..... F#m F#m | G G G/C G/C |
| D D F#m F#m | G G G/C G/C |
| D D F#m F#m | G G A A |
| G G Bm Bm | A | G | A |
| D D F#m F#m | G G A A | x2
| G G A A | D G D / | D G D / ..
.. F#m G G/C
We found a little bar-room
D F#m G G/C
With a polka playing band
D F#m G A
We took to trading smiles
G Bm A
And We took to holding hands
G A
And We danced - We danced into the morning
D F#m G
Changed our history
A D F#m G A
She was a girl in Texas
G A | D G D / |
But a woman in Tennessee
| D G D / |
3/4 time -
Bm E
And I dreamed I saw America
A D Bm
From a two-bit - one-horse - run-down -
Em A D A ..
- Northern mining town