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From KrisNDave@aol.com Thu May 15 17:03:20 1997
Date: Fri, 2 May 1997 07:09:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: KrisNDave@aol.com
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: American Dream by Neil Young perfomed by CSNY

American Dream
Words and Music
by Neil Young
CAPO I

(Intro   A (x02220@1)Am9 (x02413@1) A (x02220@1)A (x02220@1)Am9 (x02413@1)A)

AI (x02220@1)used to see you on every T.V.,  your smiling face looked back at me.
D (xx0232@1)						          AI (x02220@1)used to see you on every T.V.,  your smiling face looked back at me.
EThen (022100@1)they caught you with the girl next door, People's money piled on the
floor,
Bm (x24432@1)                                             D (xx0232@1)                                                A (x02220@1)Am9 (x02413@1)A (x02220@1)etc.
Accusations that you try to deny, Revelations and rumors begin to fly.
ANow (x02220@1)you think about reaching out, maybe get some help from above.
D (xx0232@1) 								        ANow (x02220@1)you think about reaching out, maybe get some help from above.
EReporters (022100@1)crowd around your house going through your garbage like a pack of
hounds,
Bm (x24432@1)                                                D (xx0232@1)                                                         ASpeculating (x02220@1)what they may find out, it don't matter now, you're all washed
up.
E (022100@1)			A (x02220@1)E (022100@1)			    A (x02220@1)  EYou (022100@1)wake up in the middle of the night, your sheets are wet and your face is
white.
E (022100@1)                 			    A (x02220@1)   E (022100@1)			        Bsus2You (x24422@1)tried to make a good thing last.   How could something so good, go bad,
so fast?
 A (x02220@1)                                           BmAmerican (x24432@1)dream, American dream
A (x02220@1)                                            Bm (x24432@1)  DAmerican (xx0232@1)dream, American dream.
ADon't (x02220@1)know when things went wrong, might have been when you were young and
strong.
D (xx0232@1)									ADon't (x02220@1)know when things went wrong, might have been when you were young and
strong.
EReporters (022100@1)crowd around your house, going through your garbage like a pack of
hounds,
Bm (x24432@1)		         DSpeculating (xx0232@1)what they may find out, it don't matter now, you're all washed
up.
ADon't (x02220@1)know when things went wrong, might have been when you were young and
strong.
         				          DAmerican (xx0232@1)dream, American dream.  Don't know when things went wrong,
					           AMight (x02220@1)have been when you were young and strong.   American dream, American
dream.


A (x02220@1)                   Am9 (x02413@1)            D (xx0232@1)                 E (022100@1)                 Bm (x24432@1)              Bsus2x (x24422@1)0 2 2 2 0       x 0 2 2 0 0     x x 0 2 3 2     0 2 2 1 0 0     2 2 4 4 3 2
    2 2 4 4 2 2

First track from the Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young album "American Dream"
(Released November 3, 1988) [Atlantic Records 81888]
copyright 1987 Silver Fiddle

submitted by David L'Heureux
Burlington, NC, USA
KrisNDave@aol.com