Rusty Old American Dream

by David Wilcox

6 = C 3 = G

5 = G 2 = C

4 = C 1 = E

C F+2 C

Well I don't look all that ragged for all the time it's been.

But I'm weakened underneath me where my frame is rusted thin.

C F+2 C

And this year's state inspection I just barely passed.

Won't you drive me 'cross the country, boy this year could be my last.

F+2 C

I'm a tail-finned road locomotive

From the days of cheap gasoline.

F+2 C Am7

I'm for sale by the side of the road going nowhere,

F+2 Gsus4 C

A rusty old American dream.

F+2 C

I rolled off the line in Detroit back in nineteen fifty-eight.

Spent three days in the showroom, that's all I had to wait.

C F+2 C

I've been good to all who owned me, so have no fear.

C'mon boy, put your money down and get me outta here.

F+2 C

I'm a tail-finned road locomotive

From the days of cheap gasoline.

F+2 C Am7

I'm for sale by the side of the road going nowhere,

F+2 Gsus4 C

A rusty old American dream.

(C)

Now this car needs a young man to own him.

F+2

One who will polish the chrome.

I will give you the rest of my lifetime

F+2 Gsus4

B'don't let me die here alone.

Ya just jump me some juice to my ba'ttry.

F+2

Give that old starter a spin.

Hear me whirr, sputter, backfire through the carburetor

F+2 Gsus4 C

And roar into life once again.

F+2 C

I am a tail-finned road locomotive

You can polish my chrome so clean.

F+2 C Am7

We can fly off into the sunset together,

F+2 Gsus4 C Am7

Rusty old American dream - still runnin'

F+2 Gsus4 C*

Rusty old American dream.

* Outro:

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Chords:

6 5 4 3 2 1

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C 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Gsus4 x 0 2 0 0 x

Am7 x 2 4 0 0 0