IntroEmEm/GAAsus2 (2x)
VerseEm
Born down in a dead man's town
A
The first kick I took was when I hit the ground
Em
You end up like a dog that's been beat too much
A
'Till you spend half your life just covering up
ChorusEm
Born in the U.S.A.
AAsus2
Born in the U.S.A.
Em
Born in the U.S.A.
AAsus2
Born in the U.S.A.
Em
I got in a little hometown jam
A
And so they put a rifle in my hand
Em
Son ya ever heard of Vietnam
A
Well go and kill the yellow man
ChorusEm
Born in the U.S.A.
AAsus2
Born in the U.S.A.
Em
Born in the U.S.A.
AAsus2
Born in the U.S.A.
Em
Come back home to the refineries
A
Hiring man says
Em
"Son if was up to me"
Em
I go down to see the VA man
AEm
He says, "Son, don't you understand."
ChorusEm
Born in the U.S.A.
AAsus2
Born in the U.S.A.
Em
Born in the U.S.A.
AAsus2
Born in the U.S.A.
Em
I had a buddy at Khe Sahn
A
Fightin' off them Vietcong
EmA
They're still there, he's all gone
Em
He had a little girl in Saigon
A
I got a picture of him in her arms
EmAEmA
Hoo, Hoo, Hoo
Em
Down in the shadow of the penitentiary
A
Out by the gas fires of the refinery
Em
I'm ten years down the road
A
Nowhere to gun and nowhere to go
Em
Hoo
A
I'm a long gone daddy in the USAEm
Born in the USAA
I'm a cool rockin' daddy in the USAEmA
Born in the USA Hoo
EmAEmA (Repeat and Fade, with a lot of Hooing)
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