Born In The Usa chords by Jason Isbell

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

♫ Intro:

DmDm G+G A minorAm
FF G+G A minorAm


♫ Verse 1:
A minorAm
Born down in a dead man's town
DmDm
First kick I took was when I hit the ground
A minorAm
End up like a dog that's been beat too much
     DmDm
Then you spend half your life just covering up

♫ Chorus:
A minorAm          DmDm
Born in the U.S.A., Born in the U.S.A.
A minorAm         DmDm
Born in the U.S.A.

♫ Verse 2:
A minorAm
Got in a little hometown jam
DmDm
So they put a rifle in my hand
A minorAm
Sent me off to a foreign land
DmDm
To go and kill the yellow man

♫ Chorus:
   A minorAm         DmDm
I was born in the U.S.A., Born in the U.S.A.
A minorAm         DmDm
Born in the U.S.A.

♫ Interlude:
FF G+G A minorAm
FF G+G A minorAm

♫ Verse 3:
A minorAm
Come back home to the refinery
    DmDm
Hiring man said "Son if it was up to me"
A minorAm
I went down to see my V.A. man
     DmDm
He said "Son, don't you understand"

♫ Verse 4:
A minorAm
I had a brother at Khe Sahn
DmDm
Fighting off the Viet Cong
A minorAm
They're still there, he's all gone
DmDm A minorAm
Am
He had a woman he loved in Saigon
DmDm
I got a picture of him in her arms now

♫ Interlude:
FF G+G A minorAm
FF G+G A minorAm

♫ Verse 5:
A minorAm
Shadow of the peni tentiary
DmDm
Out by the gas fires of the refinery
A minorAm
Ten years burning down the road
DmDm
Nowhere to run ain't got nowhere to go

♫ Outro:
A minorAm         DmDm
Born in the U.S.A., Born in the U.S.A.
A minorAm         DmDm
Born in the U.S.A.
A minorAm         DmDm
Born in the U.S.A., Born in the U.S.A.
A minorAm         DmDm
Born in the U.S.A.