AMERICAN DREAM
                          As recorded by Casting Crowns

Transcribed by Robert Evans

This song can be played in standard tuning or in drop D. This transcription is
done using standard tuning and drop D tuning. The drop D parts are underneath
the standard tuning part and are marked with a plus sign '+' at the beginning
of the section.


** Note on the introduction - the fourth string should ring out throughout the
Guitar I part ***

* Introduction *
 4/4
 Guitar I                                 4x
|------------------------------------------||------|
|-----------------------------------------o||------|
|-7-7-7-7s9-9s11-11-11-11-11-11-11b12r11---||------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-(0)(0)--||------|
|-----------------------------------------o||------|
|------------------------------------------||------|

Guitar II                                      
|-------------------------------------------|------|
|-------------------------------------------|------|
|-------------------------------------------|-7----|
|-------------------------------------------|-7----|
|-------------------------------------------|-5----|
|-------------------------------------------|-5----|

+* Introduction in Drop D *
+
+Guitar I - No change
+
+Guitar II                                     
+|-------------------------------------------|------|
+|-------------------------------------------|-3----|
+|-------------------------------------------|-2----|
+|-------------------------------------------|-0----|
+|-------------------------------------------|-0----|
+|-------------------------------------------|-0----|

* The verse is played pretty much the same was as the introduction, with minor
variances.


* Bridge to chorus
                     PM|                                
|--------------------------------|----------------|----|
|--------------------------------|----------------|----|
|-------------------7-7-7--------|----------------|----|
|-2----2-2-2--4--5--7-7-7--------|-2----2-2-2--4--|-5--|
|-2----2-2-2--4--5--5-5-5--------|-2----2-2-2--4--|-5--|
|-0----0-0-0--2--3--5-5-5--------|-0----0-0-0--2--|-3--|

+* Bridge to chorus in Drop d
+                     PM|                                
+|--------------------------------|----------------|----|
+|-------------------3-3-3--------|----------------|----|
+|-------------------2-2-2--------|----------------|----|
+|-2----2-2-2--4--5--0-0-0--------|-2----2-2-2--4--|-5--|
+|-2----2-2-2--4--5--0-0-0--------|-2----2-2-2--4--|-5--|
+|-2----2-2-2--4--5--0-0-0--------|-2----2-2-2--4--|-5--|


* Chorus Part I
|-------------------||
|------------------o||
|-7-7-------4-4-----||
|-7-7--5-5--4-4--5--||
|-5-5--5-5--2-2--5-o||
|-5-5--3-3-------3--||

+* Chorus Part I in drop D 
+|-------------------||
+|-3-3--------------o||
+|-2-2-------4-4-----||
+|-0-0--5-5--4-4--5--||
+|-0-0--5-5--2-2--5-o||
+|-0-0--5-5-------5--||


* Chorus Part II
|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-4--4--4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-12-|12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----|
|-4--4--4-4s7-7-7-7-7-7-12-|12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-------------|
|-2--2--2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5s10-|10-10-10-10-10--9s10-10-10-10-10-10----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

+* Chorus Part II in Drop D -  No change

* Chorus Part III
                                                     PM|
|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-4--4--4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-7-7-7----|
|-4--4--4-4s7-7-7-7-7-7-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-7-7-7----|
|-2--2--2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5s10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-5-5-5----|
|-----------------------10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-5-5-5----|

+* Chorus Part III in Drop D
+                                                     PM|
+|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
+|--------------------------|-------------------------3-3-3----|
+|-4--4--4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7----|-------------------------2-2-2----|
+|-4--4--4-4s7-7-7-7-7-7-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-0-0-0----|
+|-2--2--2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5s10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-0-0-0----|
+|-----------------------12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-0-0-0----|

* Ending
            PM       PM|                     PM|
|------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------||
|-7--7--7-7----------------4--4--4-4-2-2--2------||
|-7--7--7-7---5-5--5-------4--4--4-4-2-2--2------||
|-5--5--5-5-x-5-5--5-x-x---2--2--2-2-0-0--0--x-x-||
|-5--5--5-5-x-3-3--3-x-x---------------------x-x-||

+* Ending in Drop D
+            PM       PM|                     PM|
+|------------------------------------------------||
+|-3--3--3-3--------------------------------------||
+|-2--2--2-2----------------4--4--4-4-2-2--2------||
+|-0--0--0-0---5-5--5-------4--4--4-4-2-2--2------||
+|-0--0--0-0-0-5-5--5-0-0---2--2--2-2-0-0--0--0-0-||
+|-0--0--0-0-0-5-5--5-0-0---------------------0-0-||


Thats about it, there are some embellishments throughout, but are easier to 
figure out than to transcribe ;)

Have Fun, hope this helps!


Any comments or suggestions? Send them to robert@unevolved.org


Tablature Legend
----------------
 s   - legato slide

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end