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