Young Americans chords by
David Bowie

1975Rock1.2K views

Key: C major•

Intro 1

C

C

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Dm

Dm

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F

F

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G

G

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C

C

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Dm

Dm

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F

F

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G

G

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Verse 1
C C 
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They pulled in just behind the bridge
Dm Dm 
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He lays her down, he frowns
F F 
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"Gee, my life's a funny thing
G G 
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Am I  still too young?"
C C 
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He kissed her then and there
Dm Dm 
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She took his ring, took his babies
F F 
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It took him minutes, took her nowhere
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Heaven knows,

Chorus 1
she'd have taken anything, but
F F 
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G G 
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(All night)
C C 
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She wants the young American
Dm Dm 
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(Young American, young American)
(She wants the young American)
F F 
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G G 
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(All right) She wants the young American

Verse 2
C C 
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Scanning life through the picture window
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She finds the slinky vagabond
F F 
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He coughs as he passes her Ford Mustang
G G 
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But Heaven forbid, she'll take anything
C C 
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But the freak, and his type, all for nothing
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He misses a step and cuts his hand, but
F F 
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Showing nothing, he swoops like a song
G G 
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She cries, "Where have all

Chorus 2
Papa's heroes gone?"
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G G 
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(All night)
C C 
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She wants the young American
Dm Dm 
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(Young American, young American)
(She wants the young American)
F F 
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G G 
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(All right) She wants the young American

Verse 3

C

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All the way from Washington

Dm

Dm

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Her bread-winner begs off the bathroom floor

F

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"We live for just these twenty years

G

G

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Do we have to die for the fifty more?"

Chorus 3
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G G 
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(All night)
C C 
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He wants the young American
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(Young American, young American)
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F F 
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G G 
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(All right) He wants the young American

Solo 1

Am

Am

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G

G

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F

F

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G

G

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Am

Am

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G

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F

F

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G

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Bridge 1
Am Am 
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Em Em 
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Do you remember,
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G G 
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your President Nixon?
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Em Em 
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Do you remember,
F F 
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the bills you have to pay?
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Or even yesterday?

Interlude 1

D

D

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Em

Em

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F

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G

G

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Em

Em

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A

A

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Verse 4
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Have you been the un-American?
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Just you and your idol sing falsetto
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'Bout Leather, leather everywhere
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And not a myth left from the ghetto
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Well, well, well, would you carry a razor
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In case, just in case of depression?
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Sit on your hands on a bus of survivors
A A 
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Blushing at all the Afro-Sheeners
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Ain't that close to love?
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Well, ain't that poster love?
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Well, it ain't that Barbie doll
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Her heart's been broken
A A 
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just like you and

Chorus 4
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(All night)
All night, you want the young American
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Em Em 
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(Young American) young American
(You want the young American)
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A A 
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All right

Verse 5
You want the young American
D D 
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You ain't a pimp and you ain't a hustler
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A pimp's got a Cadi and a lady got a Chrysler
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Black's got respect,
and white's got his soul train
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Mama's got cramps,
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and look at your hands ache
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Em Em 
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(I heard the news today, oh boy)
I got a suite and you got defeat
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Ain't there a man who can say no more?
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And ain't there a woman
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I can sock on the jaw?
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And, ain't there a child
I can hold without judging?
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Ain't there a pen
that will write before they die?
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Ain't you proud that you've still got faces?
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Ain't there one damn song

Chorus 5
that can make me break down and cry?
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A A 
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All night
I want the young American
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Em Em 
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(Young American) young American
(I want the young American)
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A A 
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All right
D D 
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I want the young American, young American
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(Young American, young American)
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A A 
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(All night)
You want I, I want you
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Em Em 
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(Young American, young American)
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All right
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