Written by Ian Hunter
Intro: Db Db Db Db Verse: Db I have a dream Db It's only one dream F# But I know Db Dreams can come true Db And I have a wish Db It's only one wish F# But I know Db Wishes can too Db I want to be Db Far away from here F# With those honky tonk heroes Eb Burnin' my earsDb Oh, oh I I Love American music Db I play it all night long F# Just me n' my records n' a Ab Db A vivid imagination Db I love to dance in the mirror Db F# I practice every single word And it seems to me Ab Db American music is all I've ever heardBREAK: F# Woh oh oh-oh oh F Oh oh oh oh oh oh B F# I'ts lonely on the underground D Ebm I sit and watch my world go round n' D Round n' round n' round n' round Ebm I sit and watch the world go roundhide this tabDb F# Ab E ------------------------------------------------ B ----------4-6----------4-6---------------------- G ------3-6----------3-6-----3--3-3-3/6-3----3---- D --6-6----------6-6----------------------6----6-- A ------------------------------------------------ E ------------------------------------------------F# C'mon baby Ab Oh oh Db Oh oh-oo-oo ohDb I hear the sons of Memphis Db I hear the brothers or Harlem F# I hear the Nashville Cats Ab N' the rag time mamas outta New Orleans Db I hear the Windy City Db F# I hear a gospel singers hymn And it seems to me Ab Eb American music is all there's ever been Db And I, I Love American music Db I play it all night long F# Just me n' my records n' a Ab Db A vivid imagination Db I love to dance in the mirror Db F# I practice every single word And it seems to me Ab Db Db American music is all I've ever heardVerse: F# I said come on over baby Ab There's a whole lot of shaking going on on on on Db Db Oh oh oh F# Come on baby Ab Come on baby yeah eah Db Sittin' on the dock of the bay Db Sittin' on the dock of the bay F# Without her Ab My girl, yes I'm Db Sittin' on the dock of the bay Db Sittin' on the dock of the bay F# Without her Ab My girl, yes I'm - FADE OUTDb I love the names of the cities Db F# I hear the echo echoing And it seems to me Ab Db Db American music is all that's ever been F# Ab Db Db Woh oh oh - oh oh - oh oh oh