Chords with lyrics (Ver. 2)
Verse:
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Born down in a dead man's town
E MajorE
The first kick I took was when I hit the ground
A augmentedA
End up like a dog that's been beat too much
E MajorE
Till you spend half your life just covering up
Chorus:
E MajorE
Born in the U.S.A., I was born in the U.S.A.
A augmentedA E MajorE
I was born in the U.S.A., born in the U.S.A. now
Verse:
E MajorE
Got in a little hometown jam
E MajorE
So they put a rifle in my hand
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Sent me off to a foreign land
E MajorE
To go and kill the yellow man
Chorus:
E MajorE
Born in the U.S.A., I was born in the U.S.A.
A augmentedA E MajorE
I was born in the U.S.A., born in the U.S.A. now
Verse:
E MajorE
Come back home to the refinery
Hiring man said "Son if it was up to me"
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Went down to see my V.A. man
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He said "Son, don't you understand"
E MajorE
I had a brother at Khe Sahn
E MajorE
Fighting off the Viet Cong
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They're still there, he's all gone
E MajorE
He had a woman he loved in Saigon
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I got a picture of him in her arms now
E MajorE
Down in the shadow of the penitentiary
E MajorE
Out by the gas fires of the refinery
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I'm ten years burning down the road
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Nowhere to run ain't got nowhere to go
Chorus:
E MajorE
Born in the U.S.A., I was born in the U.S.A.
A augmentedA E MajorE
Born in the U.S.A., I'm a long gone Daddy in the U.S.A. now
N.C.
Born in the U.S.A., Born in the U.S.A.
A augmentedA
Born in the U.S.A., I'm a cool rocking Daddy in the U.S.A. now
Outro:
E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE A augmentedA A augmentedA A augmentedA A augmentedA
Other versions of Born In The Usa
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