E|---------------------------------------------------------| Standard Tuning; Capo 4th fret What I'm calling an F# 'chord' is just a transition between the G and Em: G F# Em E|--3------------| B|--3------------| G|---------------| D|----------2----| A|--2---0---2----| E|--3---2--------| [Intro] G Em C G (2x) [Verse 1] G Em C G I lit the fire, poured out the bottle G Em C D Asked the moonlight what it might have seen Em Bm C D If it answered, I can't remember G F# Em D C G I fell down in to the American Dream [Verse 2] G Em C G Been too long in the Devil's workshop G Em C D So I'm driving the backbone to change the scenery Em Bm C D Here come the horses through purgatory G F# Em D C G They fell down in to the American Dream [Chorus] D C G Summer time sunshine, shine on me C G D Show me where I'm going [Verse 3] G Em C G I'll find an old friend in El Dorado G Em C D Like Harry Dean Stanton on a drive-in screen Em Bm C D A tumbleweed blowing through Paris, Texas G F# Em D C G He fell down in to the American Dream [Instrumental] G F# Em D C (x4) [Verse 4] G Em C G Sun-bleached dresses wavin' from a clothesline G Em C D Come Saturday evening, they'll have a place to be Em Bm C D I'll pick some flowers to take to her Mama G F# Em D C G I fell down in to the American Dream [Chorus] D C G Summer time sunshine, shine on me C G D Won't you show me where I'm goin'? D C G Leaving San Francisco for New Orleans C G D I can hear that rooster crowin' [Verse 4] G Em C G Spit and polish the ancient story G Em C D Love and glory, gold and greed Em Bm C D Nothing changes, even if it wants to G F# Em D C G We go down in to the American Dream [Outro] G F# Em D C (x4) G F# Em D C We go down..........baby G F# Em D C On down to New Orleans G F# Em D C Down................baby G F# Em D C Only finding what it means