Chords for Bruce Springsteen - Born In the U.S.A. (Springsteen on Broadway - Official Audio)
Tempo:
77.125 bpm
Chords used:
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E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
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[G] [D]
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[D] [A]
[D] [Dm] [D]
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[Fm] [D]
Born [E] down in a dead man's town, the first kick I took was when I hit the ground.
You end up like a dog gasping, be too much to use, spend half your [Dm] life just covering up.
I was born in the USA, born in the USA.
[N] I got in a little hometown jam, so they put a rifle in my hands.
Sent me off to a foreign land, to go and kill the yellow man.
I was born in the USA, born in the USA.
[D]
Come back home with a [G] refinery, Iron [B] Man said son if it was [D] up to me.
Went down to see my VA [A] man, he said [D] son don't you understand no.
I had a brother at Khe Sanh, fighting off the Viet Cong.
They're still there, [G]
he's [A] all gone.
[F] [D]
He had a woman he loved in Saigon, [G] I got a [D] picture of them in her arms.
[Am] In her [D] arms.
Down the shadow of the penitentiary, [G] out [D] by the gas fires of the refineries.
I'm 40 years burning down the road, the road, the road, the road, the road, the road, [E] the
road, the road, the road.
I've got nowhere to run, I've got nowhere to go.
I'm a long gone daddy in the USA.
[G] I'm a cool, [Dm] cool rockin' daddy in [D]
the USA.
[N]
[G] [D]
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[D] [A]
[D] [Dm] [D]
[D]
[G]
[Fm] [D]
Born [E] down in a dead man's town, the first kick I took was when I hit the ground.
You end up like a dog gasping, be too much to use, spend half your [Dm] life just covering up.
I was born in the USA, born in the USA.
[N] I got in a little hometown jam, so they put a rifle in my hands.
Sent me off to a foreign land, to go and kill the yellow man.
I was born in the USA, born in the USA.
[D]
Come back home with a [G] refinery, Iron [B] Man said son if it was [D] up to me.
Went down to see my VA [A] man, he said [D] son don't you understand no.
I had a brother at Khe Sanh, fighting off the Viet Cong.
They're still there, [G]
he's [A] all gone.
[F] [D]
He had a woman he loved in Saigon, [G] I got a [D] picture of them in her arms.
[Am] In her [D] arms.
Down the shadow of the penitentiary, [G] out [D] by the gas fires of the refineries.
I'm 40 years burning down the road, the road, the road, the road, the road, the road, [E] the
road, the road, the road.
I've got nowhere to run, I've got nowhere to go.
I'm a long gone daddy in the USA.
[G] I'm a cool, [Dm] cool rockin' daddy in [D]
the USA.
[N]
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Born [E] down in a dead man's town, the first kick I took was when I hit the ground. _
You end up like a dog gasping, be too much to use, spend half your [Dm] life just covering up.
I was born in the USA, _ born in the USA.
[N] I got in a little hometown jam, so they put a rifle in my hands.
Sent me off to a foreign land, to go and kill the yellow man.
_ I was born in the USA, born in the USA.
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Come back home with a [G] refinery, Iron [B] Man said son if it was [D] up to me.
Went down to see my VA [A] man, he said [D] son don't you understand no.
_ _ I had a brother at Khe Sanh, fighting off the Viet Cong.
They're still there, [G] _
he's _ [A] all gone.
[F] _ [D] _
He had a woman he loved in Saigon, _ [G] I got a [D] picture of them in her arms.
[Am] In her [D] arms.
_ _ _ Down the shadow of the penitentiary, [G] out [D] by the gas fires of the refineries.
_ _ I'm 40 years burning down the road, the road, the road, the road, the road, the road, [E] the
road, the road, the road.
I've got nowhere to run, I've got nowhere to go. _ _ _
_ _ I'm a long gone daddy in the USA.
_ _ _ [G] I'm a cool, [Dm] cool rockin' daddy _ in _ [D] _
the USA. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Born [E] down in a dead man's town, the first kick I took was when I hit the ground. _
You end up like a dog gasping, be too much to use, spend half your [Dm] life just covering up.
I was born in the USA, _ born in the USA.
[N] I got in a little hometown jam, so they put a rifle in my hands.
Sent me off to a foreign land, to go and kill the yellow man.
_ I was born in the USA, born in the USA.
_ _ _ _ _ [D]
Come back home with a [G] refinery, Iron [B] Man said son if it was [D] up to me.
Went down to see my VA [A] man, he said [D] son don't you understand no.
_ _ I had a brother at Khe Sanh, fighting off the Viet Cong.
They're still there, [G] _
he's _ [A] all gone.
[F] _ [D] _
He had a woman he loved in Saigon, _ [G] I got a [D] picture of them in her arms.
[Am] In her [D] arms.
_ _ _ Down the shadow of the penitentiary, [G] out [D] by the gas fires of the refineries.
_ _ I'm 40 years burning down the road, the road, the road, the road, the road, the road, [E] the
road, the road, the road.
I've got nowhere to run, I've got nowhere to go. _ _ _
_ _ I'm a long gone daddy in the USA.
_ _ _ [G] I'm a cool, [Dm] cool rockin' daddy _ in _ [D] _
the USA. _ _ _ _ _
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