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