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Key: B
π€ Intro:
B
π€ Verse :
B
Looking out a dirty old window
A
Down below the cars in the city go rushing by
G A E
I sit here alone and I wonder why
B
Friday night and everyone's moving
A
I can fell the heat but it's shooting heading down
G A E
I search for the beat in this dirty town
Down town the young ones are going
F#
Down town the young ones are growing
π€ Chorus:
G D
We're the kids in America
G D
We're the kids in America
G A B
Everybody live for the music-go-round
π€ Verse 2:
B
Bright lights the music gets faster
A
Look boy, don't check on your watch not another glance
G A E
I'm not leaving now, honey not a chance
B
Hotshot, give me no problems
A
Much later baby you'll be saying never mind
G A
You know life is cruel, life is
E
Never kind hearts don't make a new story
F#
Kind hearts don't grab any glory
π€ Chorus 2:
G D
We're the kids in America
G D
We're the kids in America
G A B
Everybody live for the music-go-round
π€ Bridge:
B D A G
Laa laa lalalaa laa laa lalalaa say
B D A G
Laa laa lalalaa laa laa lalalaa
A
Lalalaa
π€ Verse 3:
B
Come closer, honey that's better
A
Got to get a brand new experience feeling right
G A
Oh don't try to stop baby
E
Hold me tight
B
Outside a new day is dawning
A
Outside Suburbia's sprawling everywhere
G A
I don't want to go baby
E
New York to East California.
F#
There's a new wave coming I warn you
π€ Chorus 3:
G D
We're the kids in America
G D
We're the kids in America
G A B
Everybody live for the music-go-round
π€ Bridge 2:
B D A G
Laa laa lalalaa laa laa lalalaa say
B D A G
Laa laa lalalaa laa laa lalalaa
A
Lalalaa
Coda:
B G E B G E
B G
We're the kids we're the kids
E
We're the kids in America
B G
We're the kids we're the kids
E
We're the kids in America
B G
We're the kids we're the kids
E
We're the kids in America
B G
We're the kids we're the kids
E
We're the kids in America
Song History
Published: January 31, 2022
Last Updated: September 10, 2025