American Dream Chords - Silverstein






Silverstein
American Dream
A Shipwreck In The Sand
2009
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Key: F#

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
Ebm - x68876
C# -  x46664
B -   x24442
F# -  244322


Intro:
Ebm C#       B              Ebm C#
      It was on our wedding day
        B               Ebm
When my heart began to stray
      C#          B
Never thought I'd make 
              Ebm
such a big mistake
         C#    B
Throw my life away


Verse 1: beat swtiched from standard 4/4 to 3/4
Ebm         B            C#
  I've gone days without food
I've went weeks without 
 Ebm  B            C# B
sleep Keeping this in
Ebm        B            C#
  I've got cuts I can't close
I've got wounds that won't 
Ebm  B        C#   B
heal It's all your fault
Ebm         B             C#
  I've been shattered and wrecked
                    Ebm
My hands covered in blood
B            C#
Scars on my skin
Ebm     B          C#
   I forgot how to feel
                    Ebm
Now I'm weak with deceit
B          C#
My skin is paper thin


Chorus:
Ebm F#  C#      B
We  get through this
B          F#
Feeling it keeping 
   B          C#
it holding it in
Ebm F# C#      B
We  go through this
B        F#    C#
Over and over again


Verse 2:

Sing:
Ebm       B             C#
   I'd go years without tears
                  Ebm
In a life with no fear
  B            C#
A life without you
Ebm        B           C#
   Now I'm breaking my back
              Ebm
as I cover my tracks
B          C#
My skin is paper thin 

Growl:
once again


(Repeat Chorus)


Verse 3:
Ebm         B            C#
  I've gone days without food
I've went weeks without 
 Ebm  B            C# B
sleep Keeping this in
Ebm        B            C#
  I've got cuts I can't close
I've got wounds that won't 
Ebm  B        C#
heal It's all your fault


Bridge:

Sing:
B             Ebm  C#
  My American dream
B 
  Wasn't ever to

Growl:
Ebm      C#
lie and steal and cheat

Sing:
B          Ebm
  He won't leave
C#      B
her for this
           C#
What's the point?

Growl:
(I wish they would die)


(Repeat Chorus twice)


Outro:

Growl:
Ebm
   This was not a test
         B       C#
This was all for real
(Repeat x3)

Ebm
   This was not a test
         B           Ebm(hold)
This was all for real