Chords with lyrics
Tuning: G C E A (G C E A) Intro: C F Verse 1: C Born down in a dead man's town The first kick I took was when I hit the ground F End up like a dog that's been beat too much Till you spend half your life just covering up Chorus: C Born in the U.S.A., I was born in the U.S.A. F C I was born in the U.S.A., born in the U.S.A. now Verse: C Got in a little hometown jam So they put a rifle in my hand F Sent me off to a foreign land To go and kill the yellow man Chorus: C Born in the U.S.A., I was born in the U.S.A. F C I was born in the U.S.A., born in the U.S.A. now Verse: C Come back home to the refinery Hiring man said "Son if it was up to me" F Went down to see my V.A. man He said "Son, don't you understand" Solo: C F Verse: C I had a brother at Khe Sahn Fighting off the Viet Cong F They're still there, he's all gone Verse: C He had a woman he loved in Saigon I got a picture of him in her arms now F 4 bars Verse: C Down in the shadow of the penitentiary Out by the gas fires of the refinery F I'm ten years burning down the road Nowhere to run ain't got nowhere to go Chorus: C Born in the U.S.A., I was born in the U.S.A. F C Born in the U.S.A., I'm a long gone Daddy in the U.S.A. now Born in the U.S.A., Born in the U.S.A. F Born in the U.S.A., I'm a cool rocking Daddy in the U.S.A. now Ending: C F
