[Verse]
C
Born down in a dead man's town
The first kick I took was when I hit the ground
F
End up like a dog that's been beat too much
Till you spend half your life just covering up
[Chorus]
C
Born in the U.S.A., I was born in the U.S.A.
F C
I was born in the U.S.A., born in the U.S.A. now
[Verse]
C
Got in a little hometown jam
So they put a rifle in my hand
F
Sent me off to a foreign land
To go and kill the yellow man
[Chorus]
C
Born in the U.S.A., I was born in the U.S.A.
F C
I was born in the U.S.A., born in the U.S.A. now
[Verse]
C
Come back home to the refinery
Hiring man said "Son if it was up to me"
F
Went down to see my V.A. man
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He said "Son, don't you understand"
C
I had a brother at Khe Sahn
Fighting off the Viet Cong
F
They're still there, he's all gone
C
He had a woman he loved in Saigon
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I got a picture of him in her arms now
C
Down in the shadow of the penitentiary
Out by the gas fires of the refinery
F
I'm ten years burning down the road
Nowhere to run ain't got nowhere to go
[Chorus]
C
Born in the U.S.A., I was born in the U.S.A.
F C
Born in the U.S.A., I'm a long gone Daddy in the U.S.A. now
Born in the U.S.A., Born in the U.S.A.
F
Born in the U.S.A., I'm a cool rocking Daddy in the U.S.A. now
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