Young Man In America keyboard

Young Man In America

• Em

Capo 4 


Intro: Em C 

      Em 
My mother gave a mighty shout 
C 
Opened her legs and let me out 
          
Hungry as a prairie dog 

Young man in America 

Young man in America 
    Em                  C 
Hungry, hungry, running every which way 
             
Young man in Americ-kay 

   Em 
I come out like a cannonball 
C 
Come of age of alcohol 
        
Raven in a field of rye 

With a black and roving eye 

Black and roving eye 
     Em                          C 
Ravenous, ravenous, what you've got is not enough 
          
Young man in America 


A          
Oh shelter 
               
Mother shelter 
               A 
Mother shelter us 
Am 
Oooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-oooh 


    Em 
My father was a lord of land 
C 
My daddy was a repo man 
     
He put me out into the street 

He didn't give a damn for me 

Did not give a damn 
   Em                C 
Daddy, daddy, gonna wish you never had me 
                
I'm a young man 
            Em 
I'm growing right before your eyes 
       C 
I might grow to such a size 
         
Blowing like a hurricane 

Everyone will know my name 

Everyone'll know my name 
      Em 
Blowing in, blowing out, 
     C 
Shadow on a mountaintop 
         
Young man in America 


A           
Oh shepherd 
               
Father shepherd 
                A 
Father shepherd us 
Am 
Oooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-oooh 


Em 
In my feathers and furs 
C 
Clothes of many colours 
       
Many men will envy me 

When I'm in my finery 

Me and my finery 
     Em                     C 
Envy me, envy me, spending all of my bright money 
           
Young man in Americ-kay 

Em 
Maybe I'll climb the stairs 
C 
With the girl with golden hair 
           
Hold her like a sword and shield 

Up against this lonely world 

Up against the world 
         Em 
It's a lonely, lonely world 
C 
For a yellow-headed girl 
        
And a young man 


BREAK: A  (2x)
   
Am 
Oooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-oooh 

          Em 
Like the wind I make my moan 
C 
Howl in the canyon 
           
There's a hollow in my bones 
                        Em 
Make me cry and carry on 
                          C 
Make the foam fly from my tongue 

Make me want what I want 
  
Another wayward son 
                   Em 
Waiting on oblivion 
                               C 
Waiting for a kingdom come to meet me in my sin 
                
Waiting to be born again 

Mother kiss me cheek and chin 
Em 
Mmm, a little nedicine 
C                            
Mmm, I'm gonna shed my skin 
                                                  Em 
Mmm, and let me climb back in the bed you made me in   

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