Chords
[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.
EEnd 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.
I wasE 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.
I wasE 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
He said "son, don't you understand" B E
[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.
I got a picture of him in her arms now. E
[Verse 5]
B Down_in the shadow of the penitentiary
Out_by the gas fires of the refinery.
I amE 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.
I wasE 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
