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Date: Fri, 10 May 1996 17:36:18 -0400
From: Darragh Egan <darragh@switchtech.net>
Subject: 4 song submissions

AN AMERICAN DREAM
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Peformed by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, with Linda Ronstadt

From the album, "Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Greatest Hits,"
Curb Records (1990), courtesy of EMI/Capitol Records.
Written by Rodney Crowell; copyright Tessa Publishing Co. [BMI]

Transcribed by Darragh Egan.  I am fairly new to the guitar
(and especially to transcribing) so there may be some errors.
Please send any questions, comments, or corrections regarding
this submission to <darragh@switchtech.net>



INTRO:  D G A D   D G A Bm   G A    (4 beats of each chord)

[D]                          [G]
    I beg your pardon, mama, what did you say?
[A]                             [D]
    My mind was drifting off on Martinique Bay.
[D]                           [G]
    It's not that I'm not interested, you see;
[A]                          [D]
    Augusta, Georgia is just no place to be.

[D] I think Jamaican in the [G]moonlight.
[A] Sandy beaches, drinking [D]rum every night.
[D] We got no money, mama, [G]but we can go;
[A] We'll split the difference, go to [D]Coconut Grove.

[D]  Keep on talking, mama, [G]I can't hear.
[A]  Your voice, it tickles down in[D]side of my ear.
[D]  I feel a tropical vac[G]ation this year,
[A]  Might be the answer to this [D]hillbilly fear.

[D]  I think Jamaican in the [G]moonlight.
[A]  Sandy beaches, drinking [D]rum every night.
[D]  We got no money, mama, [G]but we can go;
[A]  We'll split the difference, go to [D]Coconut Grove.

[D]  Voila!  An A[G]merican Dream.
[A]  Well, we can travel girl, with[D]out any means.
[D]  When it's as easy as [G]closing your eyes
[A]  And dream Jamaica is a [D]big neon sign.

BREAK:  D G A D   D G A Bm   G A     (like intro)

[D]  Just keep talking, mama, [G]I like that sound.
[A]  It goes so easy with that [D]rain falling down.
[D]  I think a tropical vac[G]ation this year,
[A]  Might be the answer to this [D]hillbilly fear.

[D]  Voila!  An A[G]merican Dream.
[A]  Yeah, we can travel girl, with[D]out any means.
[D]  When it's as easy as [G]closing your eyes
[A]  And dream Jamaica is a [D]big neon sign.

[D]  Just think Jamaican in the [G]moonlight.
[A]  Sandy beaches, drinking [D]rum every night.
[D]  We got no money, mama, [G]but we can go;
[A]  Split the difference, go to [D]Coconut Grove.

OUTRO:  D  G  A  D...(FADE OUT)