Chords for Jonathan Richman - Parties in the USA

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_ _ [A] _ [G] Hi everybody.
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[G] I'm from the 60s, [A] the time of Louis [G] Louis and [D] little Latin loopy [G] Lou.
_ [A] _ _ [G] And [D] I [G] know we can't have [A] those times [G] back again, [D] but we can have [G] parties [A] like there were [G] then.
[Em] We need [D] more [G] parties in [A] the USA.
[G] We need [D] more [G] parties in [A] the USA.
[G] _ [D] Could there [G] be block parties, [A] which I [G] don't know.
[D] Maybe [G] they're in neighborhoods [A] where I don't [G] go.
[D] Could [G] there be all these parties [A] down some little [G] lane [D] with potato [G] chips and [A] their guitar [G] playing.
We [D] need more [G] parties [A] in the [G] USA.
[Em] Well, [D] my friends were [G] having a party [A] _ [G] round about [D] 9 o'clock.
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ [D] Down in [G] Huntington Beach [A] _ [Em] when the police [D]
knocked.
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ [D] Well, my friends [G] were just quiet [A] now.
They were [Em] just drinking coffee [D] and talking.
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] But [D] the officer [G] said someone called [A] up complaining.
[G] Everybody [D] get walking.
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] He [D] said go home, [G] go home, [A] go [G] home, go home.
He [D] said go home, [G] go home, [A] go home.
[Em] And that's no good [D] for [G] parties [A] in the [G] USA.
That's no [D] good for [G] pa pa pa [A] pa loopy [G] loopy.
No, no [D] good for [G] hang [A] on.
Stupid, [G] stupid [D] hang on.
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ [D] So people [G] are staying home [A] more.
Not [G] having fun.
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A [G] cold, cold era has [A] begun, has [G] begun.
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Now things [G] were bad before.
[A] There was lots [G] of loneliness.
[D] But in [G] 1965 things [A] were not like [Em] this.
[D] When we had [G] hang [A] on, stupid, _ [G] stupid [D] hang [G] on.
Oh, my [A] bad.
[Em] And pa pa [D] pa loopy [G] loopy.
_ _ [A] [G] Oh, shake it, shake [D] it, shake it.
[G] _ _ [A] _ All right.
[G] [D] Well, could there [Em] be parties [A] of which I [G] know not?
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Wild beach [A] parties round some open flame.
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I know [G] there's got to be parties.
[A] I'll bet there's a lot.
[D] But the [G] USA has changed somehow [A] that I [Em] can't name.
He said [D] go [G] home, go [A] home, go [G] home, go home.
He [D] said go home, [G] go home, [A] go home.
Oh, [G] man, that's no good [D] for [G] parties [A] in the [G] USA.
[D] Oh, [G] pa pa pa pa [A] loopy [G] loopy.
People are moving to California.
[A] You hate the [G] beach and things.
[D] I think they'd rather [G] watch TV [A] than hear a real [G] person sing.
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Of course, [G] nowadays, parties, [A] you've got louder [G] stereo equipment.
[D] So now if [G] the party's too loud, [A] it's like a [G] radioactive shipment.
[D] I say [G] nowadays, parties, [A] for example,
you've got louder [G] stereo bass.
[D] So now if [G] the thing's too loud, [A] it's like a toxic beat [G]-up case.
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Well, [G] nowadays, at parties, [A] you've got louder [G] stereos, right?
[D] So now [G] if it's too loud, [A] it's like a noxious [G] chemical.
[D] Well, [G] parties in [A] the [G] USA.
[D] He said go [G] home, go [A] home, go [G] home, go [D] home.
[G] Parties [A] in the [G] USA.
You see, [D] these friends of [G] mine in Huntington Beach,
[A] they weren't loud when [G] the officers entered.
[D] I mean, these officers, [G] man, they weren't billy,
[A] like, I mean, they were [G] so unsettled.
They [D] said go home, [G] go [A] home, go home.
[G] That's all good [A] for _ [G] parties [A] in the [Em] USA.
We [D] need more.
[G] Pa pa pa pa [A] loopy loopy.
[G] We [Em] need [D] more.
Hey, [G] hey, hey, [A] hey.
[G] We make more.
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One, [G] yeah!
_ [D] Let's do this!
[G] Alright.
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[G] Yeah!
[A] Bring it up, [G] bring it up!
[D] Take it [G] off!
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