Tom: B

B
Born down in a dead man's town

The first kick I took was when I hit the ground
E
End up like a dog that's been beat too much

Till you spend half your life just covering up
B
Born in the U.S.A., I was born in the U.S.A.
      E                                     B
I was born in the U.S.A., born in the U.S.A. now
B
Got in a little hometown jam

So they put a rifle in my hand
E
Sent me off to a foreign land

To go and kill the yellow man
B
Born in the U.S.A., I was born in the U.S.A.
      E                                     B
I was born in the U.S.A., born in the U.S.A. now
B
Come back home to the refinery

Hiring man said 'Son if it was up to me'
E
Went down to see my V.A. man
                                     |  B  |  B  |  B  |  B  |  E  |  E  |  E  |  E  | 
He said 'Son, don't you understand'
B
I had a brother at Khe Sahn

Fighting off the Viet Cong
E
They're still there, he's all gone
B
He had a woman he loved in Saigon
                                        |  E  |  E  |  E  |  E  | 
I got a picture of him in her arms now
B
Down in the shadow of the penitentiary

Out by the gas fires of the refinery
    E
I'm ten years burning down the road

Nowhere to run ain't got nowhere to go
B
Born in the U.S.A., I was born in the U.S.A.
E                                                      B
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.
E
Born in the U.S.A., I'm a cool rocking Daddy in the U.S.A. now
 |  B  |  B  |  B  |  B  |  E  |  E  |  E  |  E  | 

  B  E