(E)
e|-------------------------|-4-----------------------|
B|-------7-----------5--7--|----5-----7--------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------| x2
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|


[Intro]

B   B   E   E


[Verse 1]

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, now


[Chorus]

B
  Born in the U.S.A., I was born in the U.S.A.
      E
I was   born in the U.S.A., born in the U.S.A. now


[Verse 2]

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


[Chorus]

B
  Born in the U.S.A., I was born in the U.S.A.
      E
I was   born in the U.S.A., I was born in the U.S.A. 


[Verse 3]

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

He said "Son, don't you understand now"


[Instrumental]

B   B   E   E 


[Verse 4]

B
  I had a brother at Khe Sahn

Fighting off the Viet Cong
E
  They're still there, he's all gone
E


[Verse 5]

B
  He had a woman he loved in Saigon

I got a picture of him in her arms now

E   E


[Verse 6]

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


[Chorus]

B
  Born in the U.S.A., I was born in the U.S.A. now
E
  Born in the U.S.A., I'm a long gone Daddy in the U.S.A. now

B
  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


[Instrumental]

B   B   E   E   x3


[False Ending]

B   B   E   E

1 2 3 4

(continue)
B   B   E   E
B   B   E
(fade out)