Pink Houses chords by Billy Joel, John Mellencamp
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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There's a black
man with a black cat
Livin' in a black neighborhood
He's got an interstate runnin'
through his front yard
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You know he thinks he's got it so good
Verse 2
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And there's a woman in the kitchen
Cleaning up evening slop
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And he looks at her and says,
"Hey darlin'
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I can remember when you
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could stop a clock"
Verse 3
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Oh, but ain't that America
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for you and me?
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Ain't that America somethin' to see,
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baby?
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Ain't that America home of the free,
yeah?
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Little pink houses for you and me
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Oh, yeah, for you and me
Eh
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Verse 4
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Well, there's a young
man in a t- shirt
Listenin' to a rock 'n' roll station
He's got a greasy hair, greasy smile
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He says, "Lord,
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this must be my destination"
Verse 5
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'Cause they told me,
when I was younger
Sayin' "Boy,
you're gon' be president"
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But just like everything else,
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those old crazy dreams
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Just kinda came and went
Verse 6
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Oh, but ain't that Amer
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ica for you and me?
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Ain't that America somethin' to see,
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baby?
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D
Ain't that America home of the free,
yeah?
C
Little pink houses for you and me
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Oh, baby, baby, for you and me
Interlude 1
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Verse 7
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Well, there's people and more people
What do they know, know, know
Go to work in some high rise
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And vacation down at
the Gulf of Mexico
Ooh, yeah
Verse 8
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And there's winners, and there's losers
But they ain't no big deal
'Cause the simple man, baby,
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pays the thrills
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The bills, the pills that kill
Verse 9
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Oh, but ain't that America
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for you and me?
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Ain't that America somethin' to see,
baby?
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Ain't that America,
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home of the free, yeah?
C
Little pink houses for you and me
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Ooh
Ooh yeah
Verse 10
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Ain't that America for
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you and me?
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Ain't that America
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Hey, well, somethin' to see, baby?
Ain't that America
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Oh, well, the home of the free
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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Little pink houses, baby, for you and me
Verse 11
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Oo h yeah
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Ooh yeah
Outro 1
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Pink Houses
Billy Joel, John Mellencamp
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