Young Americans (2016 Remaster) Chords
Tempo:
83.8 bpm
Chords used:
G
Em
F
D
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C]
[F]
[G] [C]
[F]
[G] [C] He pulls in just behind the [F] bridge, he lays her down, he frowns, he might lie, it's a funny
thing, am I still too [G] young?
[C] He kissed the valley man there, she [Dm] took his ring, [F] took
his babies, it took him minutes, took her nowhere, heaven [G] knows he'd have taken her
[F] thing, she
[G] wants a young [C] American, young American, [F] young American, she wants a young American,
[Em] she wants a [G] young [C] American, standing right through the picture [F] windows, finds a slinky
back of bone, he calls her, she passes her foot in the [Dm] stain, hit him for [G] bitches, take
him to pain, [C] put the freak in his stride, open the [Dm] thing, [F] this is a step and cuts his
hand, showing nothing, it's looks like a song, she cries, [G] where her father's hero's gone,
[F]
[G] she wants a young [C] American, young American, [F] young American, she wants a young American,
[G] she wants a [C] young American, all the way from Washington, [F] her breath when her bed's up above
her, her mouth when she's blowing, lipidus these twenty years, [Dm] to have to [G] die for the
fifty more, [F] all
[G] night, she wants a young [C] American, young American, [Dm] young [F] American, she wants a
young American, all [Dm] right, she [G] wants a young [Am] American, [G] do [F] [G] [Am] [G]
[F] [G] [Am] [Em] you remember [C] your [G] President Nixon,
[Am] [Em] do you remember [F] the bills you have to pay, or [E] even yesterday,
[D] [Em]
[G] have [E]
[D] you been a hard [Em] American,
just you and your idle civil [G] sense, oh God, leather, leather [Em] everywhere, [A] not a miss left
from [D] the ghetto, well, well, well, [Em] well, it's just [G] increased depression, sit on your hands
on the bus, it's a [Em] body bus, blushing and [A] all the Afro [D]-Sealers, ain't that close to love,
[G] well, ain't that close to love, well, it ain't that far to go, hearts feel [A] broken, just like
[G] you and I, [A] all night, she wants a young [D] American, [Em] young [G] American, young American, all right,
[Em] you [A] want a young [D] American, you ain't a pimp, you ain't a [Em] horse, my parents got a cow, my
lady got a [G] Chrysler, whites got a Stanton, whites got a Soul [A] Train, mama's got a grandfather,
look at your hands, [D] hey, I'm the news today, [Em] you got a sweet ass, you got the [G] beer, here's
a romance, you can't say no more, [A] here's a woman like a sock on the [D] door, here's a child
like a hoop without your [G] finger, in the repair number right before they eat, I am, ain't you
proud, that's just for God's sake, [A] ain't no one dance song that can make me break [G] down
and cry, oh, [Em] [A] I want the young [D] American, young American, [G] young American, I want her, oh, [Em] [Am] I
want the young American, [D] young American, you're the man, [Em] I want the [G] young American,
you want her, I want you, I [A] want you [D] one, I want you one, [G] I want the young American,
yes, I [Em] [Am] want the young [D] American.
[A] [Em] [Bm] [G]
[F]
[G] [C]
[F]
[G] [C] He pulls in just behind the [F] bridge, he lays her down, he frowns, he might lie, it's a funny
thing, am I still too [G] young?
[C] He kissed the valley man there, she [Dm] took his ring, [F] took
his babies, it took him minutes, took her nowhere, heaven [G] knows he'd have taken her
[F] thing, she
[G] wants a young [C] American, young American, [F] young American, she wants a young American,
[Em] she wants a [G] young [C] American, standing right through the picture [F] windows, finds a slinky
back of bone, he calls her, she passes her foot in the [Dm] stain, hit him for [G] bitches, take
him to pain, [C] put the freak in his stride, open the [Dm] thing, [F] this is a step and cuts his
hand, showing nothing, it's looks like a song, she cries, [G] where her father's hero's gone,
[F]
[G] she wants a young [C] American, young American, [F] young American, she wants a young American,
[G] she wants a [C] young American, all the way from Washington, [F] her breath when her bed's up above
her, her mouth when she's blowing, lipidus these twenty years, [Dm] to have to [G] die for the
fifty more, [F] all
[G] night, she wants a young [C] American, young American, [Dm] young [F] American, she wants a
young American, all [Dm] right, she [G] wants a young [Am] American, [G] do [F] [G] [Am] [G]
[F] [G] [Am] [Em] you remember [C] your [G] President Nixon,
[Am] [Em] do you remember [F] the bills you have to pay, or [E] even yesterday,
[D] [Em]
[G] have [E]
[D] you been a hard [Em] American,
just you and your idle civil [G] sense, oh God, leather, leather [Em] everywhere, [A] not a miss left
from [D] the ghetto, well, well, well, [Em] well, it's just [G] increased depression, sit on your hands
on the bus, it's a [Em] body bus, blushing and [A] all the Afro [D]-Sealers, ain't that close to love,
[G] well, ain't that close to love, well, it ain't that far to go, hearts feel [A] broken, just like
[G] you and I, [A] all night, she wants a young [D] American, [Em] young [G] American, young American, all right,
[Em] you [A] want a young [D] American, you ain't a pimp, you ain't a [Em] horse, my parents got a cow, my
lady got a [G] Chrysler, whites got a Stanton, whites got a Soul [A] Train, mama's got a grandfather,
look at your hands, [D] hey, I'm the news today, [Em] you got a sweet ass, you got the [G] beer, here's
a romance, you can't say no more, [A] here's a woman like a sock on the [D] door, here's a child
like a hoop without your [G] finger, in the repair number right before they eat, I am, ain't you
proud, that's just for God's sake, [A] ain't no one dance song that can make me break [G] down
and cry, oh, [Em] [A] I want the young [D] American, young American, [G] young American, I want her, oh, [Em] [Am] I
want the young American, [D] young American, you're the man, [Em] I want the [G] young American,
you want her, I want you, I [A] want you [D] one, I want you one, [G] I want the young American,
yes, I [Em] [Am] want the young [D] American.
[A] [Em] [Bm] [G]
Key:
G
Em
F
D
C
G
Em
F
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] He pulls in just behind the [F] bridge, he lays her down, he frowns, he might lie, it's a funny
thing, am I still too [G] young?
_ [C] He kissed the valley man there, she [Dm] took his ring, [F] took
his babies, it took him minutes, took her nowhere, heaven [G] knows he'd have taken her
[F] thing, she _
[G] _ wants a young [C] American, young American, [F] young American, she wants a young American, _ _ _ _
[Em] she wants a [G] young [C] American, standing right through the picture [F] windows, finds a slinky
back of bone, he calls her, she passes her foot in the [Dm] stain, hit him for [G] bitches, take
him to pain, [C] put the freak in his stride, open the [Dm] thing, [F] this is a step and cuts his
hand, showing nothing, it's looks like a song, she cries, [G] where her father's hero's gone,
[F] _ _ _ _
[G] she wants a young [C] American, young American, [F] young American, she wants a young American, _ _ _ _
[G] she wants a [C] young American, all the way from Washington, [F] her breath when her bed's up above
her, her mouth when she's blowing, lipidus these twenty years, [Dm] to have to [G] die for the
fifty more, [F] all _ _
[G] night, she wants a young [C] American, young American, [Dm] young [F] American, she wants a
young American, _ all [Dm] right, she [G] wants a young [Am] American, _ [G] do [F] _ _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _
[F] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ [Em] you remember [C] your [G] President Nixon,
[Am] _ [Em] do you remember [F] the bills you have to pay, or [E] even yesterday, _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[G] _ have _ _ _ [E] _ _
[D] _ you been a hard [Em] American,
just you and your idle civil [G] sense, oh God, leather, leather [Em] everywhere, [A] not a miss left
from [D] the ghetto, well, well, well, [Em] well, it's just [G] increased depression, sit on your hands
on the bus, it's a [Em] body bus, blushing and [A] all the Afro [D]-Sealers, ain't that close to love,
[G] well, ain't that close to love, well, it ain't that far to go, hearts feel [A] broken, just like
[G] you and I, _ _ [A] all night, she wants a young [D] American, _ _ [Em] young [G] American, young American, all right,
_ _ _ [Em] you [A] want a young [D] American, you ain't a pimp, you ain't a [Em] horse, my parents got a cow, my
lady got a [G] Chrysler, whites got a Stanton, whites got a Soul [A] Train, mama's got a grandfather,
look at your hands, [D] hey, I'm the news today, [Em] you got a sweet ass, you got the [G] beer, here's
a romance, you can't say no more, [A] here's a woman like a sock on the [D] door, here's a child
like a hoop without your [G] finger, in the repair number right before they eat, I am, ain't you
proud, that's just for God's sake, [A] ain't no one dance song that can make me break [G] down
and cry, _ _ _ oh, _ _ [Em] _ [A] I want the young [D] American, young American, [G] young American, I want her, oh, _ _ [Em] [Am] I
want the young American, [D] young American, you're the man, [Em] I want the [G] young American,
you want her, I want you, I [A] want you [D] one, I want you one, [G] I want the young American,
yes, I _ [Em] [Am] want the young [D] American. _
_ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ [Bm] _ [G] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] He pulls in just behind the [F] bridge, he lays her down, he frowns, he might lie, it's a funny
thing, am I still too [G] young?
_ [C] He kissed the valley man there, she [Dm] took his ring, [F] took
his babies, it took him minutes, took her nowhere, heaven [G] knows he'd have taken her
[F] thing, she _
[G] _ wants a young [C] American, young American, [F] young American, she wants a young American, _ _ _ _
[Em] she wants a [G] young [C] American, standing right through the picture [F] windows, finds a slinky
back of bone, he calls her, she passes her foot in the [Dm] stain, hit him for [G] bitches, take
him to pain, [C] put the freak in his stride, open the [Dm] thing, [F] this is a step and cuts his
hand, showing nothing, it's looks like a song, she cries, [G] where her father's hero's gone,
[F] _ _ _ _
[G] she wants a young [C] American, young American, [F] young American, she wants a young American, _ _ _ _
[G] she wants a [C] young American, all the way from Washington, [F] her breath when her bed's up above
her, her mouth when she's blowing, lipidus these twenty years, [Dm] to have to [G] die for the
fifty more, [F] all _ _
[G] night, she wants a young [C] American, young American, [Dm] young [F] American, she wants a
young American, _ all [Dm] right, she [G] wants a young [Am] American, _ [G] do [F] _ _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _
[F] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ [Em] you remember [C] your [G] President Nixon,
[Am] _ [Em] do you remember [F] the bills you have to pay, or [E] even yesterday, _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[G] _ have _ _ _ [E] _ _
[D] _ you been a hard [Em] American,
just you and your idle civil [G] sense, oh God, leather, leather [Em] everywhere, [A] not a miss left
from [D] the ghetto, well, well, well, [Em] well, it's just [G] increased depression, sit on your hands
on the bus, it's a [Em] body bus, blushing and [A] all the Afro [D]-Sealers, ain't that close to love,
[G] well, ain't that close to love, well, it ain't that far to go, hearts feel [A] broken, just like
[G] you and I, _ _ [A] all night, she wants a young [D] American, _ _ [Em] young [G] American, young American, all right,
_ _ _ [Em] you [A] want a young [D] American, you ain't a pimp, you ain't a [Em] horse, my parents got a cow, my
lady got a [G] Chrysler, whites got a Stanton, whites got a Soul [A] Train, mama's got a grandfather,
look at your hands, [D] hey, I'm the news today, [Em] you got a sweet ass, you got the [G] beer, here's
a romance, you can't say no more, [A] here's a woman like a sock on the [D] door, here's a child
like a hoop without your [G] finger, in the repair number right before they eat, I am, ain't you
proud, that's just for God's sake, [A] ain't no one dance song that can make me break [G] down
and cry, _ _ _ oh, _ _ [Em] _ [A] I want the young [D] American, young American, [G] young American, I want her, oh, _ _ [Em] [Am] I
want the young American, [D] young American, you're the man, [Em] I want the [G] young American,
you want her, I want you, I [A] want you [D] one, I want you one, [G] I want the young American,
yes, I _ [Em] [Am] want the young [D] American. _
_ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ [Bm] _ [G] _ _