American Money Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][D][A][D][A][D][A][D][A][D]
[A]"Is this what my [D]life

[Verse 1]
[A]amounts to?"
[D]Says the[A] man with the
[D]carnation [A]in his lap[D]el,[A]
"I [D]didn't know it [A]worked this [D]way[A]
I thought [D]every dog [A]had his [G]day"

[Verse 2]
And he'd be[A]lieved in [G]the dream
He'd waited on [A]every [G]corner
But now for[A]saken he explains
It [G]wasn't the temptation [A]of a woman

[Verse 3]
It was [D]Amer[Em]ican [D]money
[G]I tell you it [D]made him wha[Em]t he is tod[G]ay
[A]It was Ame[D]rican [Em]mone[D]y
[G]He imagined stuffing
[D]pictures of Wash[Em]ington
In [G]the pocket [A]of his rain[D]coat[A]
[D][A][D]

[Verse 4]
[A]"So where has my [D]family [A]gone to?"
[D]Say[A]s the man
From the for[D]tieth [A]floor of his [D]hotel[A]
Well [D]every[A]body has [D]to pay[A]
But [D]maybe it's in [A]different [G]ways

[Verse 5]
'Cause he'd be[A]lieved in [G]the dream
Why he'd met it on [A]every [G]corner
But he [A]never could explain
What [G]could made a man lose
his sense [A]of decency

[Verse 6]
It was [D]American [Em]mone[D]y
[G]I tell you it [D]made him what he is [Em]toda[G]y
[A]It was Ame[D]rican mon[Em]ey[D]
[G]So don't [D]underestimate
[Em]the power of
The dol[G]lar in your pock[A]et

[Verse 7]
[D]American [Em]money[D][G]
And there's [D]pictures of Wash[Em]ington
[G]Falling [A]from [Bm]his[A][Bm][G][A]
[Bm]pock[A]ets[Bm][A][G][A][D]

[Verse 8]
Now they got guns in out[A]er [D]space
[A]And nobody's going[D] to[A]
win that [D]race[A]
'Cause [D]when there's
nowhere [A]left to [D]hide[A]
You [D]won't [A]be taking [G]sides

[Verse 9]
Though you be[A]lieved in [G]the dream
And it was waiting on [A]every [G]corner
But now it's [A]coming down around you
Like [G]bankers jumping from
[A]the windows of Wall Street
[D]American

[Verse 10]
[Em]mone[D]y
[G]I tell you it [D]made us what we are[Em] toda[G]y
[A]It was Ame[D]rican mon[Em]ey[D]
[G]So don't underestim[D]ate the pow[Em]er
Of the dol[G]lar in your pock[A]et

[Verse 11]
[D]American [Em]money[D]
[G]I tell you, mad[D]e us wha[Em]t we are tod[G]ay
[A]It was Ame[D]rican mon[Em]ey[D]
[G]We'd imagined stuffing
[D]pictures [Em]of Washington
In the [G]pockets [A]of our rain[D]coats

[Outro 1]
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