This song was one of my favorites on Switchfoot's Oh! Gravity album. I didn't find a
chart or tab for it so I figured I'd learn it and put it up.
Chords used:
e|-0--0--2--2-------|
B|-2--0--3--2-------|
G|-2--1--2--2--9--7-|
D|-2--2--0--4--9--7-|
A|-0--2-----4--7--5-|
E|----0-----2--0----|
Intro/Fill:
e|-333-5-3-2-----0000000-|
B|-000-----3-5-3-2222222-|
G|-000-----2-----2222222-|
D|-000-----0-----2222222-|
A|-222-----------0000000-|
E|-333-------------------|
============THE SONG=============
Intro x2
Verse 1:
A (palm-mute verses if desired)
When success is equated with excess
The ambition for excess wrecks us
As top of the mind becomes the bottom line
When success is equated with excess
Verse 2:
If your time ain't been nothing for money
I start to feel really bad for you, honey
Maybe honey, put your money where your mouth's been running
If your time ain't been nothing but money
Pre-Chorus:
I want out of this machine
It doesn't feel like freedom
Chorus:
This ain't my American dream
I want to live and die for bigger things
I'm tired of fighting for just me
This ain't my American dream
Intro/Fill x1
Verse 3:
When success is equated with excess
When we're fighting for the Beamer, the Lexus
As the heart and soul breath in the company goals
Where success is equated with excess
Prechorus
Chorus
Bridge:
'Cause baby's always talkin' 'bout a ring
And talk has always been the cheapest thing
Is it true would you do what I want you to
If I show up with the right amount of bling?
Like a puppet on a monetary string
Maybe we've been caught singing
Red, white, blue, and gree-ee-een
E5 (strum three times fast and let ring)
But that ain't my America,
E5 (let ring lightly) A
That ain't my American dream
Chorus
Intro/Fill
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Hope this helped someone. Enjoy and God Bless!
-Vito