Intro 
C    F 


[Verso 1]
 
           C 
There's a little white church with a clapboard sign 
        F 
Says, 'Jesus could save you if you could come inside' 
           G 
There's a bar on the square we'd all like to go 
           F 
Where the only neon on says "Closed" 

           C 
There's a little pink house just over the hill 
   F 
A kitchen full of kids and a table full of bills 
           G 
There's a man in his chair says, 'They closed down the mill' 
          F 
But he's drinking like the devil and praying like hell 


[Refrão]

           C 
He says, 'I'm an American dreamer 
     F 
I'm proud of who I am 
   C 
I break my back 

I bust my ass 
   F 
I work with these two hands 

      C 
Just like my father's father 
     F 
I'd die for my son to be 
             C 
An American dreamer 
          F 
Just like me 


Instrumental/Solo 
          C    F    C    F    C 
Just like me 


[Verso 2]

 C 
Somewhere out there there's a boy and a girl 
 F 
Stuck on the other side of the world 
 G 
Dreaming about the land of the free 
         F 
Oh, but someday they'll be just like me 


[Refrão]

          C 
'Cause, 'I'm an American dreamer 
     F 
I'm proud of who I am 
   C 
I break my back 

I bust my ass 
   F 
I fight with these two hands 

      C 
Just like my father's father 
     F 
I'd die for my son to be 
             C 
An American dreamer 
          F 
Just like me' 

                C 
Yeah, just like me 
      F 
Oh oh oh 
                C 
Yeah, just like me 
        F 
Yeah ah ah ah 


Outro 
           C 
There's a little white church with a clapboard sign 
        F                                      (C) 
Says, 'Jesus could save ya if you could come inside'