Silverstein
American Dream
A Shipwreck In The Sand
2009
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com

Key: F#

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
Ebm -  x68876
C# -   x46664
B -    x24442
F# -   244322
C#/F - 143xxx


Intro:
Ebm (xx4342@1)name="chord_x43121@1">C#       B (x2444x@1)            Ebm (xx4342@1)name="chord_x43121@1">C#
      It was on our wedding day
        B (x2444x@1)             EbmWhen (xx4342@1)my heart began to stray
      C# (x43121@1)        BNever (x2444x@1)thought I'd make 
              Ebmsuch (xx4342@1)a big mistake
         C# (x43121@1)  BThrow (x2444x@1)my life away


Verse 1: beat swtiched from standard 4/4 to 3/4
Ebm (xx4342@1)       B (x2444x@1)          C# (x43121@1) I've gone days without food
I've went weeks without 
 Ebm (xx4342@1)B (x2444x@1)          C# (x43121@1)name="chord_244322@1">F# C#/F
sleep Keeping this in
Ebm (xx4342@1)      B (x2444x@1)          C# (x43121@1) I've got cuts I can't close
I've got wounds that won't 
Ebm (xx4342@1)B (x2444x@1)      C#-- B--
heal It's all your fault
Ebm (xx4342@1)       B (x2444x@1)           C# (x43121@1) I've been shattered and wrecked
                    EbmMy (xx4342@1)hands covered in blood
B (x2444x@1)          C#Scars (x43121@1)on my skin
Ebm (xx4342@1)   B (x2444x@1)        C# (x43121@1)  I forgot how to feel
                    EbmNow (xx4342@1)I'm weak with deceit
B (x2444x@1)        C#My (x43121@1)skin is paper thin


Chorus:
Ebm (xx4342@1)name="chord_244322@1">F#  C# (x43121@1)    F#We (244322@1) get through this
B (x2444x@1)        F#Feeling (244322@1)it keeping 
   B (x2444x@1)        C#it (x43121@1)holding it in
Ebm (xx4342@1)name="chord_244322@1">F# C# (x43121@1)    F#We (244322@1) go through this
B (x2444x@1)      F# (244322@1)  C#Over (x43121@1)and over again


Verse 2:

Sing:
Ebm (xx4342@1)     B (x2444x@1)           C# (x43121@1)  I'd go years without tears
                  EbmIn (xx4342@1)a life with no fear
  B (x2444x@1)          C#A (x43121@1)life without you
Ebm (xx4342@1)      B (x2444x@1)         C# (x43121@1)  Now I'm breaking my back
              Ebmas (xx4342@1)I cover my tracks
B (x2444x@1)        C#My (x43121@1)skin is paper thin 

Growl:
once again


(Repeat Chorus)


Verse 3:
Ebm (xx4342@1)       B (x2444x@1)          C# (x43121@1) I've gone days without food
I've went weeks without 
 Ebm (xx4342@1)B (x2444x@1)          C# (x43121@1)name="chord_244322@1">F# C#/F
sleep Keeping this in
Ebm (xx4342@1)      B (x2444x@1)          C# (x43121@1) I've got cuts I can't close
I've got wounds that won't 
Ebm (xx4342@1)B (x2444x@1)      C#heal (x43121@1)It's all your fault


Bridge:

Sing:
B (x2444x@1)           Ebm (xx4342@1)C# (x43121@1) My American dream
B (x2444x@1)  Wasn't ever to

Growl:
Ebm (xx4342@1)    C#lie (x43121@1)and steal and cheat

Sing:
B (x2444x@1)        Ebm (xx4342@1) He won't leave
C# (x43121@1)    Bher (x2444x@1)for this
           C#What's (x43121@1)the point?

Growl:
(I wish they would die)


(Repeat Chorus twice)


Outro:

Growl:
Ebm (xx4342@1)  This was not a test
         B (x2444x@1)     C#This (x43121@1)was all for real
(Repeat x3)

Ebm (xx4342@1)  This was not a test
         B (x2444x@1)         Ebm(hold)
This was all for real