Chords for Young Americans
Tempo:
72.55 bpm
Chords used:
E
D
F#
A
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[A] [Bm]
[D] [E]
[A] They pull in just behind the [Bm] fridge, he lays her down, he [D] frowns, gee my life's a funny
[A] he kissed her then and there, she [Bm] took his ring, took his
babies, [D] it took him minutes, it took her [E] nowhere, heaven knows she'd have taken anything, [D] and
young [A] American, young American, [Bm] young American, she was a young
American, [D] all [E] night she was a young [A] American, scanning life through the picture window,
vagabond, [D] he coughs as he passes her Ford Mustang, [E] heaven forbids
[D] [E]
[A] They pull in just behind the [Bm] fridge, he lays her down, he [D] frowns, gee my life's a funny
[A] he kissed her then and there, she [Bm] took his ring, took his
babies, [D] it took him minutes, it took her [E] nowhere, heaven knows she'd have taken anything, [D] and
young [A] American, young American, [Bm] young American, she was a young
American, [D] all [E] night she was a young [A] American, scanning life through the picture window,
vagabond, [D] he coughs as he passes her Ford Mustang, [E] heaven forbids
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F#
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C#m
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F#
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [A] They pull in just behind the [Bm] fridge, he lays her down, he [D] frowns, gee my life's a funny
thing, [E] I'm still too young, _ [A] he kissed her then and there, she [Bm] took his ring, took his
babies, [D] it took him minutes, it took her [E] nowhere, heaven knows she'd have taken anything, [D] and
all _ _ [E] night she was a young [A] American, young American, [Bm] young American, she was a young
American, [D] all _ _ [E] night she was a young [A] American, scanning life through the picture window,
[Bm] she finds a slinky vagabond, [D] he coughs as he passes her Ford Mustang, [E] heaven forbids
she'd have taken anything, [A] but the freak in his type offer [Bm] nothing, misses a step and
cuts his hand, [D] showing nothing he swoops like a song, [E] she cries, where have [E] all papa's heroes
[D] gone, all _ [E] night she was a young [A] American, all the way from Washington, [Bm] her bread winner
begs on the bathroom floor, [D] we live for just these twenty years, [E] do we have to die for
the fifty [D] more, all _ [E] night she was a young [A] American, young American, young American,
[Bm] young American, she was a young American, all [A] _ _ [E] right, she was a young American, [F#m] _ _ [D] do _ _
_ [F#m] _ [C#m] you
remember [A] your [E] President Nixon, [F#m] do [C#m] you remember [D] all the bills you had to pay, [C#] for even yesterday,
_ [B] have you been an [C#m] American, just doing your idol sing [E] falsetto, leather leather everywhere,
[F#] not a mith left from the [B] ghetto, you carry a [C#m] razor, just in case of a case of [E] depression,
sit on your hands on the bosses of [F#] life, laughing at all them, [B] Appalachianas, ain't that close
to _ [C#m] _ _ love, [E] that ain't no Barbie doll, [F#] her hearts been broken just like you [E] are, all _
_ [F#] night she
was a young American, young American, [C#m] young American, she was a young [E] American, all _
_ [F#] night
she was a young [B] American, you ain't a pimp, you ain't a [C#m] hustler, the pimps got a caddy,
the ladies got a [E] Chrysler, the blacks got respect, the whites got a soul [F#] train, mommas
got cramps baby, look at your handshake, [B] I read the news today, [C#m] oh boy, you got sweet
and you got good [E] feeling, ain't there a man who can say no [F#] more, ain't there no woman
I can sock on the [B] jaw, ain't there a child I can hold without [C#m] judging, ain't there a
pen that will write before they [E] die, ain't you proud that you still got [F#] faces, there
ain't no one damn song that can make me break down and [D] cry, _ _ _ [E] all _
_ [F#] night [F#] she was a young [B] American,
young American, [C#m] young American, she was a young [E] American, all _ [F#] night she was a young [B] American. _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [A] They pull in just behind the [Bm] fridge, he lays her down, he [D] frowns, gee my life's a funny
thing, [E] I'm still too young, _ [A] he kissed her then and there, she [Bm] took his ring, took his
babies, [D] it took him minutes, it took her [E] nowhere, heaven knows she'd have taken anything, [D] and
all _ _ [E] night she was a young [A] American, young American, [Bm] young American, she was a young
American, [D] all _ _ [E] night she was a young [A] American, scanning life through the picture window,
[Bm] she finds a slinky vagabond, [D] he coughs as he passes her Ford Mustang, [E] heaven forbids
she'd have taken anything, [A] but the freak in his type offer [Bm] nothing, misses a step and
cuts his hand, [D] showing nothing he swoops like a song, [E] she cries, where have [E] all papa's heroes
[D] gone, all _ [E] night she was a young [A] American, all the way from Washington, [Bm] her bread winner
begs on the bathroom floor, [D] we live for just these twenty years, [E] do we have to die for
the fifty [D] more, all _ [E] night she was a young [A] American, young American, young American,
[Bm] young American, she was a young American, all [A] _ _ [E] right, she was a young American, [F#m] _ _ [D] do _ _
_ [F#m] _ [C#m] you
remember [A] your [E] President Nixon, [F#m] do [C#m] you remember [D] all the bills you had to pay, [C#] for even yesterday,
_ [B] have you been an [C#m] American, just doing your idol sing [E] falsetto, leather leather everywhere,
[F#] not a mith left from the [B] ghetto, you carry a [C#m] razor, just in case of a case of [E] depression,
sit on your hands on the bosses of [F#] life, laughing at all them, [B] Appalachianas, ain't that close
to _ [C#m] _ _ love, [E] that ain't no Barbie doll, [F#] her hearts been broken just like you [E] are, all _
_ [F#] night she
was a young American, young American, [C#m] young American, she was a young [E] American, all _
_ [F#] night
she was a young [B] American, you ain't a pimp, you ain't a [C#m] hustler, the pimps got a caddy,
the ladies got a [E] Chrysler, the blacks got respect, the whites got a soul [F#] train, mommas
got cramps baby, look at your handshake, [B] I read the news today, [C#m] oh boy, you got sweet
and you got good [E] feeling, ain't there a man who can say no [F#] more, ain't there no woman
I can sock on the [B] jaw, ain't there a child I can hold without [C#m] judging, ain't there a
pen that will write before they [E] die, ain't you proud that you still got [F#] faces, there
ain't no one damn song that can make me break down and [D] cry, _ _ _ [E] all _
_ [F#] night [F#] she was a young [B] American,
young American, [C#m] young American, she was a young [E] American, all _ [F#] night she was a young [B] American. _ _