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Kids In America chords by Kim Wilde

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Intro 1

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Verse 1

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Looking out a dirty old window

Down below the cars in the city

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go rushing by

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I sit here alone and I wonder why

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Verse 2

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Friday night and everyone's moving

I can feel the heat

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but it's soothing, heading down

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I search for the beat in this dirty...

Downtown the young ones ones are going

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Downtown the young ones are growing

Chorus 1

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We're the kids in America (Woah)

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We're the kids in America (Woah)

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Everybody live for the music-go-round

Verse 3

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Bright lights, the music gets faster

Look, boy, don't check on your watch,

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not another glance

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I'm not leaving now, honey, not a chance

Verse 4
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Hot-shot (Shot), give me no problems
Much later, baby,
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you'll be saying nevermind
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You know life is cruel, life is never...
Kind hearts don't make a new story
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Kind hearts don't grab any glory

Chorus 2

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We're the kids in America (Woah)

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We're the kids in America (Woah)

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Everybody live for the music-go-

Interlude 1
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(round) La la la la-la la-a
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La la la la-la la (Sing)
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La la la la-la la-a
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La la la la-la la
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Verse 5

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Come closer, honey, that's better

Got to get a brand new experience,

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feeling right

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Oh, don't try to stop, baby, hold me tight

Verse 6
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Outside a new day is dawning
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Outside suburbia's sprawling everywhere
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I don't want to go, baby
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New York to east California
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There's a new wave coming, I warn ya

Chorus 3

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We're the kids in America (Woah)

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We're the kids in America (Woah)

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Everybody live for the music-go-

Interlude 2
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(round) La la la la-la la-a
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La la la la-la la (Sing)
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La la la la-la la-a
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La la la la-la la
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Outro 1
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We're the kids
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We're the kids
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We're the kids in America
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We're the kids
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We're the kids
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We're the kids in America
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We're the kids
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We're the kids
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We're the kids in America
[Fade out]

1981Pop

Kids In America

Kim Wilde

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