Intro: (one strum and hold for 2 measures)
B (hold 2 measures) B (hold 2 measures)
E (hold 2 measures) E (hold 2 measures)
Verse:
B (hold 2 measures)
Born down in a dead man”s town
B (hold 2 measures)
The first kick I took was when I hit the ground
E (hold 2 measures)
End up like a dog that”s been beat too much
E (hold 2 measures)
Till you spend half your life just covering up
Chorus:
B (hold 2 measures) B (hold 2 measures)
Born in the U.S.A., I was born in the U.S.A.
E (hold 2 measures E (hold 2 measures)
I was born in the U.S.A., born in the U.S.A. now
Verse: (start strumming)
B B
Got in a little hometown jam
B B
So they put a rifle in my hand
E E
Sent me off to a foreign land
E E
To go and kill the yellow man
Chorus:
B B B B
Born in the U.S.A., I was born in the U.S.A.
E E E E
I was born in the U.S.A., born in the U.S.A. now
Verse:
B B
Come back home to the refinery
B B
Hiring man said “Son if it was up to me”
E E
Went down to see my V.A. man
E E
He said “Son, don”t you understand”
Interlude:
B B B B
E E E E
Verse:
B B
I had a brother at Khe Sahn
B B
Fighting off the Viet Cong
E E E E
They”re still there, he”s all gone
B B
He had a woman he loved in Saigon
B B E E E E
I got a picture of him in her arms now
B (hold 2 measures)
Down in the shadow of the penitentiary
B (hold 2 measures)
Out by the gas fires of the refinery
E (hold 2 measures)
I”m ten years burning down the road
E (hold 2 measures)
. Nowhere to run ain”t got nowhere to go
Chorus:
B (hold 2 measures) B (hold 2 measures)
Born in the U.S.A., I was born in the U.S.A.
E (hold 2 measures) B (hold 2 measures)
I was born in the U.S.A., I”m a long gone Daddy in the U.S.A. now
B B B B
Born in the U.S.A., Born in the U.S.A.
E E E E
Born in the U.S.A., I”m a cool rocking Daddy in the U.S.A. now
B B B B
E E E E