[Spoken Intro]
Hey baby
Hey baby
[Verse 1]
E
Maybe I was born sick
F#min
In a castle on top of the world
E
Maybe the whole gang is better off
F#min No Chord
Makin' money out fightin' a war
E
Terminal motion
E D# F#min
Keeps spinnin' me around
E
Temporary devotion
E D# F#min
With a picket fence and a rowdy crowd
[Pre-Chorus]
A G# E
Well I was sure that everything was goin' fine
A G# F#min
Until you took the shot and killed me with your mind
E
I'm a man and I wanna be honest
E
I'm better than I used to be
[Chorus]
A E F#min E
But now the whole world is wired up
A E B
On the red, white, and the green
A E F#min E
And all the boys and girls are growin' up
G B E
In a strange American dream
[Verse 2]
E
Temperature risin'
F#min
And the water tastes like blood
E
Look at all of the sensitive people
F#min
Screamin' from their yards
E E A/E E
And my neighbor down the street
F#min
With the pretty face and the rubber jaw
E
Has plenty there to eat
F#min
But she don't share nothin' at all
[Pre-Chorus]
A G# E
Well I was sure that everything was goin' fine
A G# F#min
Until you took the shot and killed me with your mind
E
I'm a man and I wanna be honest
E
I'm better than I used to be
[Chorus]
A E F#min E
But now the whole world is wired up
A E B
On the red, white, and the green
A E F#min E
And all the boys and girls are growin' up
G B E
In a strange American dream
[Bridge]
D F#min
This ain't nothin' like
D/B F#min
What I thought it'd be like
G G/F# Emin
When I was a little kid
A A/G
I drew dinosaurs fightin' wars
F#min A
Behind the doors I reinforced with
G A
Red, yellow and green
D D/C#
From all the cameras in front of us
D/C D/B G G G/F# Emin
I couldn't tell you what it is I see
A A/G
So I close my eyes and realize
F#min A
That I'm alive deep inside this
G B E
Strange American dream
A
la la la laaa la la
E F#min E
laaa laaaa laaaa la laaaaa la laaa
E A# A E
laaa laaa laaa la
A
la la la laaaa laaaa
G# A B7
laaaaa laaaaa laaaa laaaa laaa laaa
[Chorus]
A E F#min E
But now the whole world is wired up
A E B
On the red, white, and the green
A E F#min E
And all the boys and girls, yeah they're growin' up
[Outro]
G B
In a strange
G B
In a strange
G B E
In a strange American dream