Intro:   A  Am9   A  A  Am9  A

A
I used to see you on every T.V.,  
        A
Your smiling face looked back at me. 
D                                                       
I used to see you on every T.V.,  
                  A
Your smiling face looked back at me. 
E
Then they caught you with the girl next door, 
E
People's money piled on the floor, 
Bm                                 
Accusations that you try to deny, 
               D                   A  Am9  A
Revelations and rumors begin to fly. 
A      
Now you think about reaching out, 
       A
Maybe get some help from above. 
D                                                       
Now you think about reaching out, 
                A
Maybe get some help from above. 
E
Reporters crowd around your house 
      E
Going through your garbage like a pack of hounds, 
Bm                                  
Speculating what they may find out, 
                D                           A
It don't matter now, you're all washed up. 
E                                       A  E                    
You wake up in the middle of the night, 
                    A    E
Your sheets are wet and your face is white. 
E                                           
You tried to make a good thing last.   
A     E                                    Bsus2
How could something so good, go bad, so fast? 
 A                               Bm     
American dream, American dream 
A                                Bm    D
American dream, American dream. 
A
Don't know when things went wrong, 
                   A 
Might have been when you were young and strong. 
D
Don't know when things went wrong, 
                   A 
Might have been when you were young and strong. 
E
Reporters crowd around your house, 
           E
Going through your garbage like a pack of hounds, 
Bm                                       D
Speculating what they may find out, 
          D
It don't matter now, you're all washed up. 
A                
Don't know when things went wrong, 
                   A 
Might have been when you were young and strong. 
                   A 
American dream, American dream.  
   D
Don't know when things went wrong, 
                                                   A
Might have been when you were young and strong.   
                   A 
American dream, American dream.