MKTO - American Dream
capo at 3rd to make it sound right but you can sing it lower and make it easier on the
vocals if you take off the capo if you want :)
verse:
Cadd9 G D
We broke down trying to leave town
Em/D G Cadd9
Flying down the road to change
Cadd9 G D
We were born to run, Cali here we come
Em/D G Cadd9
Escape from nowhere USA
Cadd9 G D
Say goodbye to white picket fences
Say hello to palm trees and Benzes
Em/D G Cadd9
They say you gotta fall to have it all
Yeah
Cadd9 G D
We don’t want two kids and a wife
I don’t want a job I just want a life
Em/D G Cadd9
Sometimes the underdogs rise
D
And the mighty fall
Chorus:
Cadd9 G D
This ain’t the same summer song that you used to know
Em/D G Cadd9
‘Cause Jack left Diane thirty years ago
Cadd9 G D
The world is spinning too fast for you and me
Em/D G Cadd9
So tell me whatever happened to the American dream
Verse:
Cadd9 G D
I know a girl I met her last night
Am F
She was fresh off the plane
Cadd9 G D
She whispered in my ear,
G Am F
“Baby, come here. I’ll do anything to make a name”
Cadd9 G D
Honey, take my hand follow me ‘cause
I don’t wanna hurt you but he does
Em/D G Cadd9
I just wanna give you some real advice
(Listen baby, mmm)
Cadd9 G D
uh, never take candy from a stranger
And keep your eyes open for danger
Em/D G Cadd9 D
‘Cause this right here is a twisted paradise
Chorus:
Cadd9 G D
This ain’t the same summer song that you used to know
Em/D G Cadd9
‘Cause Jack left Diane thirty years ago
Cadd9 G D
The world is spinning too fast for you and me
Em/D G Cadd9
So tell me whatever happened to the American dream
Cadd9 G D
This ain’t the same summer song that you used to know
Em/D G Cadd9
So baby, let's live and die before we're getting old
Cadd9 G D
You know that nothing is the way it used to be
Em/D G Cadd9
So tell me whatever happened to the American dream
Cadd9
Na na na
G
Na na na na na
D Cadd9
Na na na na na na (x3)
Cadd9 G D
We we were born to run, Cali here we come
Em/D G Cadd9
Gettin' out of here, baby
D Em/D G Cadd9
Cadd9 D Em/d , G , Cadd9
Let's get out of here ohh whoa
Chorus:
Cadd9 G D
This ain’t the same summer song that you used to know
Em/D G Cadd9
‘Cause Jack left Diane thirty years ago
Cadd9 G D
The world is spinning too fast for you and me
Em/D G Cadd9
So tell me whatever happened to the American dream
Cadd9 G D
This ain’t the same summer song that you used to know
Em/D G Cadd9
So baby, let's live and die before we're getting old
Cadd9 G D
You know that nothing is the way it used to be
Em/D G Cadd9
So tell me whatever happened to the American dream
Cadd9
Na na na
G
Na na na na na
D Cadd9
Na na na na na na