Tonart: C major•
Intro 1
C
Dm7
F
F/G
G
C
Dm7
F
F/G
G
Verse 1
C
They pulled in just behind the bridge
Dm7
He lays her down, he frowns
F
"Gee, my life's a funny thing
F/G
G
Am I still too young?"
C
He kissed her then and there
Dm7
She took his ring, took his babies
F
It took him minutes, took her nowhere
G
she'd have taken anything, but
Chorus 1
F6
G6
(All night)
C
She wants the young American
Dm7
(Young American, young American)
(She wants the young American)
F6
G6
(All right) She wants the young American
Verse 2
C
Scanning life through the picture window
Dm7
She finds the slinky vagabond
F
He coughs as he passes her Ford Mustang
F/G
G
But Heaven forbid, she'll take anything
C
But the freak, and his type, all for nothing
Dm7
He misses a step and cuts his hand, but
F
Showing nothing, he swoops like a song
F/G
She cries, "Where have all
Chorus 2
F6
G6
(All night)
C
She wants the young American
Dm7
(Young American, young American)
(She wants the young American)
F6
G6
(All right) She wants the young American
Verse 3
C
All the way from Washington
Dm7
Her bread-winner begs off the bathroom floor
F
"We live for just these twenty years
F/G
G
Do we have to die for the fifty more?"
Chorus 3
F6
G6
(All night)
C
He wants the young American
Dm7
(Young American, young American)
(He wants the young American)
F6
G6
(All right) He wants the young American
Solo 1
Am7
G
F
G
Am7
G
F
G
Bridge 1
Am7
Em7
Do you remember,
C
G
your President Nixon?
Am7
Em7
Do you remember,
F
the bills you have to pay?
Interlude 1
D
Em7
F6
G7
Em7
A
Verse 4
D
Have you been the un-American?
Em7
Just you and your idol sing falsetto
G
'Bout Leather, leather everywhere
G/A
A
And not a myth left from the ghetto
D
Well, well, well, would you carry a razor
Em7
In case, just in case of depression?
G
Sit on your hands on a bus of survivors
G/A
A
Blushing at all the Afro-Sheeners
D
Ain't that close to love?
Em7
Well, ain't that poster love?
G
Well, it ain't that Barbie doll
G/A
Her heart's been broken
Chorus 4
G6
A6
(All night)
All night, you want the young American
D
Em7
(Young American) young American
(You want the young American)
G6
A6
All right
Verse 5
You want the young American
D
You ain't a pimp and you ain't a hustler
Em7
A pimp's got a Cadi and a lady got a Chrysler
and white's got his soul train
G/A
Mama's got cramps,
A
and look at your hands ache
D
Em7
(I heard the news today, oh boy)
I got a suite and you got defeat
G
Ain't there a man who can say no more?
G/A
And ain't there a woman
D
And, ain't there a child
I can hold without judging?
Em7
Ain't there a pen
that will write before they die?
G
Ain't you proud that you've still got faces?
G/A
Ain't there one damn song
Chorus 5
that can make me break down and cry?
G6
A6
All night
I want the young American
D
Em7
(Young American) young American
(I want the young American)
G6
A6
All right
D
I want the young American, young American
Em7
(Young American, young American)
(I want the young American)
G6
A6
(All night)
You want I, I want you
D
Em7
(Young American, young American)
(I want the young American)
G6
A6
All right
[Fade out]
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