Key: Chorus:
G-C-G (play 4
times)
When you're doing
the intro, just let
off the A string for
that Johnny Cougar
feel...
G
G
There's a black man,
with a black head
(?)
G
G
Living in a black
neighborhood
G
G
He's got a
interstate running
through his front
yard
G F
C
G
You know he thinks
he's....got it so
good.
G
G
G
And there's a woman,
in the kitchen,
cleaning up the
evening slop
G F
And he looks at 'er
and says
C
G
Hey Darlin' I
remember when you
could, stop a
clock
C
G
But ain't that
America, for you and
me
C
G
Ain't that America,
somethin' to see
baby
C
D
Ain't that America,
home of the free
C
G
Little Pink Houses
for you and me, yeah
for you and me
BACK TO INTRO X4
G G
G
G
Now there's a young
man, in a t-shirt,
listening to a rock
and rollin'
station
G
G
He's got greasy hair
and a, greasy
smile,
F
C
G
he says Lord this
must be my
destination
G
G
G
G
I remember, when I
was younger, say'n
Boy ya gonna be the
President
F
C
G
But just like
everything else,
those crazy dreams,
kinda came and
went
REPEAT CHORUS
REPEAT INTRO X4
VERSE 3-
G
G
G
Now there's people,
and more people, and
what do they know
know know
G G
F
C
G
Go to work in some
high-rise, and
vacation down at the
Gulf of Mexico!!!
(ooooh yeah)
G
G
G
G
There's winners, and
there's losers, but
that ain't no big
deal
F
C
G
Cause the simple
man, baby, pays the
bills, the thrills,
the bills that
kill(?)
REPEAT CHORUS
REPEAT INTRO 4
TIMES
END ON G |