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
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