Young Man In America chords by Anais Mitchell

Chords with lyrics

Capo VI

This song follows seamlessly on from Anais' song Wilderland,
and they work amazingly played together.
The chords Anais plays in the verse part are:
E minorEm (022000), C majorC (332010), and the same as the C majorC chord but two frets up (554020).
For the chorus bit the best I can make out for the chords are: A, (002220),
unknown chord one (x3434x), unknown chord two (x4545x), and A minorAm (002210).

Intro: Em, C, (554020)

   E minorEm
My mother gave a mighty shout
C majorC
Opened her legs and let me out
    (554020)
Hungry as a prairie dog

Young man in America

Young man in America
  E minorEm         C majorC
Hungry, hungry, running every which way
      (554020)
Young man in Americ-kay

  E minorEm
I come out like a cannonball
C majorC
Come of age of alcohol
   (554020)
Raven in a field of rye

With a black and roving eye

Black and roving eye
   E minorEm             C majorC
Ravenous, ravenous, what you've got is not enough
    (554020)
Young man in America


A augmentedA     (x3434x)
Oh shelter
        (x4545x)
Mother shelter
        A augmentedA
Mother shelter us
A minorAm
Oooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-oooh

  E minorEm
My father was a lord of land
C majorC
My daddy was a repo man
  (554020)
He put me out into the street

He didn't give a damn for me

Did not give a damn
  E minorEm        C majorC
Daddy, daddy, gonna wish you never had me
       (554020)
I'm a young man
      E minorEm
I'm growing right before your eyes
    C majorC
I might grow to such a size
    (554020)
Blowing like a hurricane

Everyone will know my name

Everyone'll know my name
   E minorEm
Blowing in, blowing out,
   C majorC
Shadow on a mountaintop
    (554020)
Young man in America


A augmentedA     (x3434x)
Oh shepherd
        (x4545x)
Father shepherd
        A augmentedA
Father shepherd us
A minorAm
Oooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-oooh


E minorEm
In my feathers and furs
C majorC
Clothes of many colours
   (554020)
Many men will envy me

When I'm in my finery

Me and my finery
   E minorEm           C majorC
Envy me, envy me, spending all of my bright money
     (554020)
Young man in Americ-kay

E minorEm
Maybe I'll climb the stairs
C majorC
With the girl with golden hair
     (554020)
Hold her like a sword and shield

Up against this lonely world

Up against the world
     E minorEm
It's a lonely, lonely world
C majorC
For a yellow-headed girl
   (554020)
And a young man


BREAK: A, (x3434x), (x4545x)  (X2)
A minorAm
Oooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-oooh

     E minorEm
Like the wind I make my moan
C majorC
Howl in the canyon
     (554020)
There's a hollow in my bones
            E minorEm
Make me cry and carry on
             C majorC
Make the foam fly from my tongue

Make me want what I want
(554020)
Another wayward son
          E minorEm
Waiting on oblivion
                C majorC
Waiting for a kingdom come to meet me in my sin
       (554020)
Waiting to be born again

Mother kiss me cheek and chin
E minorEm
Mmm, a little nedicine
C majorC             (554020)
Mmm, I'm gonna shed my skin
                         E minorEm
Mmm, and let me climb back in the bed you made me in


I'm new to guitar, so I'm sure this can be improved,