Chords for John Mellencamp Born In The USA UNEDITED & COMPLETE From Kennedy Center Honors Bruce Springsteen

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Born down in a dead man's town. _
First kick of the wind, [A] hit your ground.
_ [E] End up like a dog [A] that's been beaten too much.
Just spent every [E] life just covering up. _ _ _
Born in the USA.
I was born in the USA.
_ _ Got in a little hometown jam.
_ Said they put a rifle in my hand.
_ They want me to go kill the [A] yellow man.
_ [E] _ Send me off to some [A] foreign land.
_ _ _ Born in [A] the USA.
[G] [E] I was born in the [A] USA.
_ _ [E] _ Born down in the USA.
[Em] I [E] was born down in the USA.
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_ [Em] _ [E] Come back home to [E] the refinery.
_ _ Boss man said, son, [A] if it was up to me.
_ [Em] _ [E] Went down to see a [A] VA man.
[Em] He said, [E] kid, you know you just don't [A] understand.
_ [E] No, you just don't understand. _
_ _ No, you just don't understand. _
_ I had a brother in Kheosan.
_ He was fighting off the Viet Cong. _
_ They're still here, [A] but he's long gone.
He _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] had a woman that he loved in Saigon.
_ _ I got a picture of him in her arm.
_ _ _ _ Born in the USA.
_ _ I was born in the USA.
_ _ _ One, two, three. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ Down in the shadow penitentiary.
_ Out by the gas off the refinery.
_ _ [A] Our city is running down the road.
Ain't got nowhere to run.
Got no place to go.
[E] Born in the USA. _
Born down in the USA.
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Born in the USA.
I was a long gone daddy in the USA.
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_ Born down in a dead man's town.
_ _ First kick I took was when I hit the ground. _ _ _ _ _ _
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