Dan Bern

New American Language

Dan Bern

Ukulele chords Beginner level Beginner
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Intro 

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She said love, love, love is everything 
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I said ok, I guess, whatever 
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She said what does that mean 
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I said nothin, it’s just good to have a backup plan 


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She said I guess that means you don’t got love 
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I said maybe I love everyone 
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She said that’s the same as lovin no one 
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I said ok, I guess, whatever 



              A          E           D 
And I have a dream of a New American Language 
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One with a little bit more Spanish 
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I have a dream of a new pop music 
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That tells the truth, with a good beat and some nice harmonies 
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I have a dream 
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I have a dream 


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Tourist towns are a drag sometimes 
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But in non-tourist towns you can get beat up 
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Just for lookin a little different 
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I guess the thing to do is just stay at home 



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Yeah but sometimes I think the thing to do 
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Would be to get a place way out in Missouri 
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Put down as many months rent as you can part with 
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Tell everybody else you went to France 


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I said remember that conversation we had about love 
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I said well, I think that you were right 
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She said I don’t remember sayin nothin about love 
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It must have been a fantasy of the moment 



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I have a dream 
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I have a dream 



   A        E          D 
I dream of joining the Mafia 
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And whether people like me is unimportant 
  A         E          D 
I dream of your clock radio 
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Waking you up with my songs 



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I have a dream of a New American Language 
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I dream of new beginnings 
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I dream of saturation bombing 
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I dream mostly about love 


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I have a dream 
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I have a dream 
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I have a dream 
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I have a dream 

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