Intro: B E Verse 1: B Born down in a dead man's town, The first kick I took was when I hit the ground. E End up like a dog that's been beat too much, Till you spend half your life just to cover it up now. Chorus: B Born in the u.s.a., I was born in the u.s.a. E I was born in the u.s.a., I was born in the u.s.a. Verse 2: B Got in a little hometown jam So they put a rifle in my hand E Sent me off to a foreign land To go and kill the yellow man. Chorus: B Born in the u.s.a., I was born in the u.s.a. E I was born in the u.s.a., I was born in the u.s.a. Verse 3: B Come back home to the refinery Hiring man said "son if it was up to me" E Went down to see my v.a. man B E He said "son, don't you understand" Verse 4: B I had a brother at Khe Sahn fighting off the Viet Cong E They're still there, he's all gone. B He had a woman he loved in Saigon. E I got a picture of him in her arms now. Verse 5: B Down_in the shadow of the penitentiary Out_by the gas fires of the refinery. E I am ten years burning down the road. Nowhere to run ain't got nowhere to go. Chorus: B Born in the u.s.a., I was born in the u.s.a. E I was born in the u.s.a., I'm a long gone Daddy in the u.s.a. B Born in the u.s.a. Born in the u.s.a. E Born in the u.s.a. I am a cool rocking Daddy in the u.s.a. Outro: B E B E B E B E B E B
