INTRO:
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VERSE 1:
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There’s a black man with a black cat living in a black neighborhood.
G
He’s got an interstate running through his front yard,
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You know he thinks he’s got it so good
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And there’s a woman in the kitchen cleaning up the evening’s slop,
F
And he looks at her and says, “Hey darlin’
C G
I can remember when you could stop a clock.”
CHORUS:
G C G
Oh but ain’t that America for you and me.
C G
Ain’t that America. We’re something to see baby.
C D
Aint that America. Home of the free, yeah,
C
Little pink houses for you and me, oh yeah, for you and me
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Well there’s a young man in a tee-shirt
G
listening to a rockin’ rollin’ station.
G
He’s got greasy hair and a greasy smile he says,
F C G
“Lord this must be my destination.”
G
Cause they told me when I was younger,
G
“Boy you’re gonna be president.”
F C
But just like everything else those old crazy dreams
G
just kinda came and went.
CHORUS:
G C G
Oh but ain’t that America for you and me.
C G
Ain’t that America. We’re something to see baby.
C D
Aint that America. Home of the free, yeah,
C
Little pink houses for you and me, oh yeah, for you and me
G
Well there’s people and more people what do they know, Know, know.
F C G
Go to work in some high rise and vacation down at the Gulf
of Mexico.
G
And there’s winners and there’s losers,
G
But they aint no big deal,
F C
Because the simple man baby pays for the thrills, the bills,
G
the pills that kill.
CHORUS:
G C G
Oh but ain’t that America for you and me.
C G
Ain’t that America. We’re something to see baby.
C D
Aint that America. Home of the free, yeah,
C
Little pink houses for you and me, oh yeah, for you and me
G C G
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B———-0-0-0-0—–1–0–0-0-0-0———0–0-0-0-0—–1–0-0—-0-0—|
G——–0-0-0-0-0–0–2–0–0-0-0-0———0–0-0-0-0—–0–0-0—-0-0—|
D———-0-0-0-0—–3–0–0-0-0-0————0-0-0-0–0–2–0-0—-0-0—|
A———-2-2-2-2—–0—–2-2-2-2————2-2-2-2—–3—-2———-|
Е-3–5/7—3-3-3-3———–3-3-3-3–3–5/7—-3-3-3-3–3——-3——–3-|
E———-3-3-3-3—–0—–3-3-3-3————3-3-3-3—–0—-3—-3-3—|
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Е-3–5/7—3-3-3-3———–3-3-3-3–3–5/7—-3-3-3-3–3——-3——–3-|
VERSE 1:
G
There’s a black man with a black cat living in a black neighborhood.
G
He’s got an interstate running through his front yard,
F C G
You know he thinks he’s got it so good
G
And there’s a woman in the kitchen cleaning up the evening’s slop,
F
And he looks at her and says, “Hey darlin’
C G
I can remember when you could stop a clock.”
CHORUS:
G C G
Oh but ain’t that America for you and me.
C G
Ain’t that America. We’re something to see baby.
C D
Aint that America. Home of the free, yeah,
C
Little pink houses for you and me, oh yeah, for you and me
G C G C G
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G
Well there’s a young man in a tee-shirt
G
listening to a rockin’ rollin’ station.
G
He’s got greasy hair and a greasy smile he says,
F C G
“Lord this must be my destination.”
G
Cause they told me when I was younger,
G
“Boy you’re gonna be president.”
F C
But just like everything else those old crazy dreams
G
just kinda came and went.
CHORUS:
G C G
Oh but ain’t that America for you and me.
C G
Ain’t that America. We’re something to see baby.
C D
Aint that America. Home of the free, yeah,
C
Little pink houses for you and me, oh yeah, for you and me
G
Well there’s people and more people what do they know, Know, know.
F C G
Go to work in some high rise and vacation down at the Gulf
of Mexico.
G
And there’s winners and there’s losers,
G
But they aint no big deal,
F C
Because the simple man baby pays for the thrills, the bills,
G
the pills that kill.
CHORUS:
G C G
Oh but ain’t that America for you and me.
C G
Ain’t that America. We’re something to see baby.
C D
Aint that America. Home of the free, yeah,
C
Little pink houses for you and me, oh yeah, for you and me
