Young Americans chords by
Danny Michel

N/A

Key: A major

Intro 1

Verse 1
A A 
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They pulled in
just behind the fridge
Bm Bm 2
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He lays her down, he frowns
D D 
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Gee, my life's a funny thing
E E 
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Am I still too young?

Verse 2
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He kissed her then and there
Bm Bm 2
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She took his ring, took his babies
D D 
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It took him minutes,
it took her nowhere
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Heaven knows,
she'd have taken anything

Verse 3
D D 
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And all night
E E 
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A A 
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She was a young American
Bm Bm 2
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Young American, young American
She was a young American
D D 
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E E 
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All night
A A 
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She was a young American

Verse 4
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Scanning life through the picture window
Bm Bm 2
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She finds a slinky vagabond
D D 
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He coughs as he passes her Ford Mustang
E E 
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Heaven forbid,
A A 
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she'd have take anything

Verse 5

But the freak and his type offer nothing

Misses a step and cuts his hand

Showing nothing, he swoops like a song

She cries, "Where have all

Verse 6

Papa's heroes gone?"

All night

She was a young American

Verse 7
A A 
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All the way from Washington
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Bm Bm 2
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Her breadwinner begs
D D 
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on the bathroom floor
Live for just these twenty years
E E 
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Do we have to die for the fifty more?

Verse 8
D D 
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E E 
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All night
A A 
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She was a young American
Bm Bm 2
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Young American, young American
She was a young American
D D 
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Alright
E E 
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F#m F#m 2
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She was a young American
D D 
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Verse 9
F#m F#m 2
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C#m C#m 4
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A A 
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Do    you remember your
E E 
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F#m F#m 2
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President Nixon?
C#m C#m 4
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Do    you remember all
D D 
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the bills you had to pay
C# C# 4
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For even yesterday?

Verse 10

Have you been the un- American?

C#m

Just you and your idol sing falsetto

Leather, leather everywhere

And not a myth left from the ghetto

Verse 11
B B 2
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Well, well, well, you carry a razor
C#m C#m 4
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Just in case of a case of depression
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Sit on your hands on the buses of life
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Bm Bm 2
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Laughing at all them apple sheeners
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Ain't that close to love?

Verse 12

C#m

Ain't that poster love?

That ain't no Barbie doll

Her heart's been broken just like you all

Verse 13
E E 
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F# F# 2
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And all night
B B 2
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She was a young American
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B B 2
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C#m C#m 4
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Young American, young American
She was a young American
E E 
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Alright
F# F# 2
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She was a young American

Verse 14
B B 2
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You ain't a pimp,
and you ain't a hustler
C#m C#m 4
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The   pimp's got a Caddy,
and the lady's got a Chrysler
E E 
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And black's got respect,
and white's got his soul train
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Mama's got cramps, baby,
B B 2
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look at your hand shake

Verse 15

I read the news today, oh boy

Verse 16
C#m C#m 4
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We    got a suite, and you got the feeeling
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Ain't there a man who
could say "no more"?
F# F# 2
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Ain't there no woman I
could sock on the jaw?
B B 2
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Ain't there a child I could hold
without judging?
C#m C#m 4
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Ain't there a pen that will

Verse 17

write before they die?

Ain't you proud that

you've still got faces?

There ain't no one damn song

Verse 18
That can make me break down and cry
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F# F# 2
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All night
B B 2
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She was a young American
C#m C#m 4
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Young American, young American
She was a young American
E E 
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F# F# 2
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All night
She was a young American
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