American Dream

E A E A E C#m A E A E


[Verse 1]

E
Bobby works half a mile down
C#m
In that cold West Virginia ground
A                                 
Spent half of his days digging 
  E  A  E
black gold
E
Becky serves down at the diner
C#m
And empty glass never gets by her
A                             
They say without her that place 
        E  A  E
would fold
G#m                            
They don’t always get the credit 
          A
they deserve
E                                 
But every day, they show up 
      B
willing to work


[Chorus]

E                                 
This every day, earn your pay, 
                              E  A
find your way life we’re living in
  E

A                                 
It’s up at dawn, coffees on, make 
                             E  A  E
it strong, Monday’s back again
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    G#m                    A      
It’s the same ol’ same routine, we
  E           G#m   A
 all want the same thing
A                        B       
It’s a hell of a fight, surviving
                E  A  E
 the American Dream


[Verse 2]

E
Eddy drinks bourbon on ice
C#m
Calm his nerves before he talks to 
his wife
A                              
She don’t know they laid him off 
     E  A  E
last month
E
Oh and Sara’s got three mouths to 
feed
C#m
The first one came when she was 17
A                                 
They don’t got much but they sure 
    B
got love


[Chorus]

E                                 
This every day, earn your pay, 
                              E  A
find your way life we’re living in
  E

A                                 
It’s up at dawn, coffees on, make 
                     E  A  E
it strong, Monday’s back again
    G#m                    A      
It’s the same ol’ same routine, we
  E           G#m   A
 all want the same thing
A                        B       
It’s a hell of a fight, surviving
                 E  A  E
 the American Dream


[Bridge]

A
We all wear collars some white some 
blue
E
One nation under God just searching 
for the truth
A
We laugh we cry, we break our backs
E                                 
We all bleed red like the stripes 
          E  A  E
on the flag


[Chorus]

E                                 
This every day, earn your pay, 
                              E  A
find your way life we’re living in
  E

A                                 
It’s up at dawn, coffees on, make 
                     E  A  E
it strong, Monday’s back again
    G#m                    A      
It’s the same ol’ same routine, we
  E           G#m   A
 all want the same thing
A                        B       
It’s a hell of a fight, surviving
                 E  A  E
 the American Dream