[Intro]
D G D G D
D A
[Verse 1]
D G D G
Had me a dream, almost obscene
D G A
I never had a dream any finer
D G D G
Had me a taste in the land of waste
D G
And the dream that we chased
A D
As we became the big American headliner
G D G A
Oh yeah, uh-huh
[Verse 2]
D G D G
Foamin' at the mouth we up and headed south
D G A
South of the parallel 49er
D G D G
Had us a dream of Rolling Stone magazine
D G
And the girls they don't screamed
A D
We became the big American headliner
G D A
Oh yeah, uh-huh
[Verse 3]
G D G D
Visions of sold out shows and candy for your nose
G D A
In America, anything goes, as we were soon to find
G D
It doesn't matter what they place is
G D
You can act like Oasis
G D
Screw 'till yer blue in the faces
A D
When you become the big American headliner
G D A
Oh yeah, uh-huh
[Verse 4]
G D
And Leno said he loved our sound
G D
As we were the toast of tinsel town
G D A
Everyone and their dog came 'round to the scene
A
To be seen
G D
We did a “guest spot” on Friends
G D
And sang our songs on Letterman
G D
We looked towards the mighty Yen
A N.C. D
'Cause the Japanese, Japanese love the big American headliner
G D G A
Oh yeah, uh-huh
[Guitar Solo]
D G D G A D
[Bridge]
D G
Woke up in a hotel room in downtown Saskatoon
D N.C. A
We gotta leave this afternoon for Regina
[Verse 5]
D G
Yeah, we've got us an opening slot
D G
These warmup gigs they never pay a lot
D G
My patience, nerves and credit is shot
A
But tonight we open for
A
They keep the door
D
The big American headliner
G D
Oh yeah
[Outro]
G D G
And you gotta be on at 9er
A D
And the off by half past 9er
G D
Oh yeah
G D G
And we can't use their drum riser
A D
So we drink their fucking rider
D G
Oh yeah, uh-huh
A D
The big American Headliner
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