Chords for John Mellencamp - Pink Houses (Live at Farm Aid 1985)

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_ Alright, we want to do a song that I wrote for you people, a song called Pink Houses.
_ I'll _ [G] _ _ _
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tell you that [C] long, alright?
[G] Let's sing all the way in the back there, alright?
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_ [C] _ _ [G] Well, there's a black man with a black cat
_ Livin' in the black neighborhood
_ He's got an interstate runnin' through his front yard
You [F] know, he [C] thinks he's got it [G] so good _ _ _ _
And there's a woman in the kitchen
_ Cleanin' up the evening sly
And [F] he looks at her and says,
Darling, I [C] can't remember when you grew up
Seven [G] o'clock
_ _ Alright, Bonnie
Ain't [C] that America
For you [G] and me
Ain't [C] that America
There's [G] somethin' to see, baby
_ [C] Well, the home [D] of the free, yeah
Little pink houses [C] for you
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_ [C] _ _ [G] Well, there's a young man in a t-shirt
And a list to a rockin' and rollin' station
_ He's got a greasy hair
And a greasy smile
He [F] says, Lord, this [C] ain't easy By [G] definition
_ The _ _ boss told me when I was younger
He said, boy, you're gonna be president _
But [F] just like his little cat So [C] crazy _
Kinda [G] came and went
Let me hear you sing _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ Ain't that America
For you [G] and me
Ain't that America
_ [C] _ _ There's somethin' [G] to see, baby
_ [C] Well, the home [D] of the free, yeah
Little pink houses [C] for you Ooh, _ [F] yeah
There's somethin' to [C] see [G] before you and me [C] Alright
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_ Alright
Well, _ there's people
And more people
_ What _ do they know, know, know
Goes workin'
Somehow rides And [C] vacations
Down at the [G] golf me _ _ _ _ _ _
And there's winners
And there's losers _
_ But that ain't no big deal _ _
_ [Fm] Cause a simple man, we end [C] up payin'
All those bills [G] and thrills
That kill us here in America
Oh, I'm gonna make you [C] feel
Ain't _ [G] _ _
that [C] America
_ _ [G] For you and me, baby
[C] Well, the home of [D] the free, yeah
_ Little pink houses [C] for you and me
Ain't that _ America
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For you and me Real loud
For [C] _ you [G] and me
Ain't that [C] America
There's somethin' [G] to see, baby
_ [C] _ Well, the home [D] of the free, yeah _ _ _ _
[C] For you and me Ooh, yeah
There's somethin' to [G] see before you and _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [G] me Oh, yeah
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and [G] _ me
Ain't that [C] America
For [G] you and me
_ Ain't that [C] America
Well, the home of [D] the free
_ Little _ pink houses
[C] For you and me
That bills and thrills
[G] Oh, you and me
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_ _ _ _ _ [C] See [G] it
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I'm _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [G#] so proud of all you people
I've made this process
[F#m] I _ got _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ a couple thank yous to say
Before I go on
I wanna thank Willie and [G] Neil Young Straight away
_ So _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ many people did so much to make this happen
And this is