Chord/Tab song: American Dream

A Shipwreck In The Sand
2009
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com

Key: F#

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

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

Intro:
[Ebm] [C#] It was [B]on our wedding [Ebm]day[C#]
When my [B]heart began to s[Ebm]tray
Never [C#]thought I'd [B]make
such a big mis[Ebm]take
Throw my [C#]life a[B]way

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

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

Verse 2:

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

Growl:
once again

(Repeat Chorus)

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

Bridge:

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

Growl:
[Ebm]lie and s[C#]teal and cheat

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

Growl:
(I wish they would die)

(Repeat Chorus twice)

Outro:

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

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