Born in the U.S.A. Chords by Amanda Shires Jason Isbell
- Key: C
- BPM: 120
- Capo: no capo
DOWNBEAT
GUITAR
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GUITAR -
UKULELE
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PIANO
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MANDOLIN
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BANJO
BORN IN THE U.S.A. CHORDS
[Start] [Intro] Dm G Am7 Am Am7 F ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Gsus4 G Asus4 Am ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] Am Born down in a dead man's town Dm Am7 The first kick I took was when I hit the ground Am You end up like a dog that's been beat too much Dm7 Am7 Then you spend half your life tryna cover it all Am Born in the USA Dsus4 Dm7 Dsus4 Am ■ Born in the USA ■ Am7 Am Dm Born in the USA ■ [Chorus] Am Am7 Dsus4 Dm Dsus4 Am7 ■ Got in a little hometown jam ■ so they put a rifle in my hand Dm7 C Sent me off to a foreign land ■ go and kill the yellow man Am7 Am Dm I was born in the USA ■ Am Born in the USA ■ Am Born in the USA [Solo] Dm Am F G Am F ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ G Am7 Am ■ ■ ■ [Verse] Am Come back home to the refinery Dm Am Hiring man says Son if it was up to me Am Went down to see my VA man Dm Dsus4 Am He said Son don't you understand ■ [Chorus] Dm Had a brother at Khe Sahn ■ fighting off the Viet Cong Am Dm ■ They're still there and he's all gone ■ Am ■ He had a woman he loved in Saigon Dm F ■ I got a picture of him in her arms [Solo] G Am F G Am ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Chorus] Dm Shadow of the penitentiary ■ Dm Out by the gas fires of the refinery Am I'm ten years burning down the road Dm Am Am7 ■ Nowhere to run ain't got nowhere to go Am Dm Born in the USA ■ Dm Born in the USA Am Born in the USA Dm Born in the USA Dsus4 Born in the USA Am I was ■ born in the USA Dm Born in the USA [End]
