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F  G Am

[Verse 1]
Am
Born down in a dead man's town
Dm
First kick I took was when I hit the ground
Am
End up like a dog that's been beat too much
         Dm
Then you spend half your life just covering up

[Chorus]
Am                   Dm
Born in the U.S.A.,  Born in the U.S.A.
Am                  Dm
Born in the U.S.A.

[Verse 2]
Am
Got in a little hometown jam
Dm
So they put a rifle in my hand
Am
Sent me off to a foreign land
Dm
To go and kill the yellow man

[Chorus]
      Am                  Dm
I was born in the U.S.A., Born in the U.S.A.
Am                  Dm
Born in the U.S.A.

[Interlude]
F  G Am
F  G Am

[Verse 3]
Am
Come back home to the refinery
       Dm
Hiring man said "Son if it was up to me"
Am
I went down to see my V.A. man
         Dm
He said "Son, don't you understand"

[Verse 4]
Am
I had a brother at Khe Sahn
Dm
Fighting off the Viet Cong
Am
They're still there, he's all gone
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Am
He had a woman he loved in Saigon
Dm
I got a picture of him in her arms now

[Interlude]
F  G Am
F  G Am

[Verse 5]
Am
Shadow of the peni tentiary
Dm
Out by the gas fires of the refinery
Am
Ten years burning down the road
Dm
Nowhere to run ain't got nowhere to go

[Outro]
Am                  Dm
Born in the U.S.A., Born in the U.S.A.
Am                  Dm
Born in the U.S.A.
Am                  Dm
Born in the U.S.A., Born in the U.S.A.
Am                 Dm
Born in the U.S.A.