Casting Crowns

American Dream

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American Dream

Year: 2003 - Album: Casting Crowns

Written by Casting Crowns/Mark Hall

	  		American Dream
 
 
Intro  
D                        Bm                                       D 
All work no play may have made Jack a dull boy 
               	  Bm                                        D       
But all work no God has left Jack with a lost soul 
                         D 
But he's moving on full steam 
Bm                               	         D 
He's chasing the American dream 
                              		 Bm             
And he's gonna give his family finer things 
 
 
D   Bm...x2 
 
verse 1 
D                  Bm                                           D 
Not this time son I've no time to waste 
                    Bm                             D 
Maybe Tomorrow we'll have time to play  
                                    Bm             	         D 
And then he slips into his new BMW 
                                        Bm                                      E 
And drives farther and farther and farther away 
 
Pre-Chorus 1 
E                        F#        G                                     D 
'Cause  he works all day and tries to sleep at night  
E                        F#        G                        
He says things will get better; better in time 
 
Chorus  
D                       Gm               Bm           Gm
So he works and he builds with his own two hands 
D                   Gm                  Bm              Gm     
And he pours all he has in a castle made with sand  
Bm                   D                 Gm              
But the wind and the rain are comin' crashing in  
Bm                 D                                        Gm           D Bm Gm 
Time will tell just how long his kingdom stands 
                      D     Bm Gm 
His kingdom stands 
 
Verse 2 
D                                Bm 
His American dream is begining to seem  
D                                                  Bm 
More and More like a nightmare 
                                         D 
with every passing day 
                                                            Bm 
"Daddy, can you come to my game?"  
                                                        D 
"Oh Baby, please don't work late." 
                                              Bm 
Another wasted weekend 
                           E 
And they are slipping away 
 
Pre-Chorus 2 
E                                 G                                           D 
'Cause he works all day and lies awake at night  
E                                           G                 
He tells them  things will get better 
                                              D 
Just take a little more time 
 
Chorus 
D                       Gm                           Bm           
So he works and he builds with his own two hands 
D                   Gm                  Bm                   
And he pours all he has in a castle made with sand  
D                   Gm                 Bm              
But the wind and the rain are comin' crashing in  
D                 Gm                                         D           D Bm Gm 
Time will tell just how long his kingdom stands 
                      D     Bm Gm 
His kingdom stands 
 
 
Verse 3 
D                                                Bm           
He used to say, "Who ever died with the most toys wins." 
D                                   Bm 
But if he loses his soul, what has he gained in the end 
D 
I'll take a shack on a rock  
Bm                                   E 
Over a castle in the sand 
 
 
Pre-Chorus 3 
E                                   G                                          D 
Now he works all day and cries alone at night  
E                                            G                 
It's not getting any better  
 
Looks like he's running out of time 
 
 
 
Chorus 
 
D                       Gm                           Bm           
?Cause he works and he builds with his own two hands 
D                    Gm                  Bm                   
And he poured all he had in a castle made with sand  
D                   Gm                 Bm              
But the wind and the rain are comin' crashing in  
D                 Gm                                         D           D Bm Gm 
Time will tell just how long his kingdom stands 
                      D     Bm Gm 
His kingdom stands 
 
 
 
Outro  
D 
All they really wanted was you 
D 
All they really wanted was you 
D 
All they really wanted was you 
		  

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