Switchfoot - American Dream

      
 
 This song was one of my favorites on Switchfoot's Oh! Gravity album. I didn't find a
 chart or tab for it so I figured I'd learn it and put it up.
 
 Chords used:
 A E D F#m E5 D5 
       

 e|-0--0--2--2-------|
 B|-2--0--3--2-------|
 G|-2--1--2--2--9--7-|
 D|-2--2--0--4--9--7-|
 A|-0--2-----4--7--5-|
 E|----0-----2--0----|
 

 
 Intro/Fill:

 e|-333-5-3-2-----0000000-|
 B|-000-----3-5-3-2222222-|
 G|-000-----2-----2222222-|
 D|-000-----0-----2222222-|
 A|-222-----------0000000-|
 E|-333-------------------|
 

 
 ============THE SONG=============
 
 Intro x2
 
 Verse 1:
 A (palm-mute verses if desired)
 When success is equated with excess
 A                                
 The ambition for excess wrecks us
 A                                         
 As top of the mind becomes the bottom line
 A                                  
 When success is equated with excess
 
 Verse 2:
 A                                        
 If your time ain't been nothing for money
 A                                        
 I start to feel really bad for you, honey
 A                                                          
 Maybe honey, put your money where your mouth's been running
 A                                        
 If your time ain't been nothing but money
 
 Pre-Chorus:
 D      E             F#m  
 I want out of this machine
            E5               
 It doesn't feel like freedom
 
 Chorus:
 A                           D 
 This ain't my American dream
 A                           D           
 I want to live and die for bigger things
 E                             D  
 I'm tired of fighting for just me
 E                           
 This ain't my American dream
 
 Intro/Fill x1
 
 Verse 3:
 A                                  
 When success is equated with excess
 A                                            
 When we're fighting for the Beamer, the Lexus
 A                                                
 As the heart and soul breath in the company goals
 A                                   
 Where success is equated with excess
 
 Prechorus
 
 Chorus
 
 Bridge:
 E5                   D5              A   
 'Cause baby's always talkin' 'bout a ring
 E5                  D5                A    
 And talk has always been the cheapest thing
       E5             D5        A          
 Is it true would you do what I want you to
      E5               D5              A     
 If I show up with the right amount of bling?
        E5          D5       A     
 Like a puppet on a monetary string
 E5                      D5     
 Maybe we've been caught singing
 E                     E5         
 Red, white, blue, and gree-ee-een
 E5 (strum three times fast and let ring)
 But that ain't my America,
 E5 (let ring lightly) A
 That ain't my American dream
 
 Chorus
 
 Intro/Fill
 
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 Hope this helped someone. Enjoy and God Bless!
 
 -Vito