Young Americans Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][Dm][F][G]
[C][Dm][F][G]

[Verse 1]
[C]They pulled in just behind the bridge
He [Dm]lays her down, he frowns
[F]"Gee, my life's a funny thing
Am [G]I still too young?"
[C]He kissed her then and there
She took his [Dm]ring, took his babies
It [F]took him minutes, took her nowhere
[G]Heaven knows,

[Chorus 1]
she'd have taken anything, but
[F](All [G]night)
She wants the young Ameri[C]can
(Young American, young A[Dm]merican)
(She wants the young American)
[F](All [G]right) She wants the young American

[Verse 2]
[C]Scanning life through the picture window
[Dm]She finds the slinky vagabond
He [F]coughs as he passes her Ford Mustang
[G]But Heaven forbid, she'll take anything
[C]But the freak, and his type, all for nothing
[Dm]He misses a step and cuts his hand, but
[F]Showing nothing, he swoops like a song
She [G]cries, "Where have all

[Chorus 2]
Papa's heroes gone?"
[F](All [G]night)
She wants the young Ameri[C]can
(Young American, young A[Dm]merican)
(She wants the young American)
[F](All [G]right) She wants the young American

[Verse 3]
[C]All the way from Washington
Her [Dm]bread-winner begs off the bathroom floor
[F]"We live for just these twenty years
Do [G]we have to die for the fifty more?"

[Chorus 3]
[F](All [G]night)
He wants the young Ameri[C]can
(Young American, young A[Dm]merican)
(He wants the young American)
[F](All [G]right) He wants the young American

[Solo 1]
[Am][G][F][G]
[Am][G][F][G]

[Bridge 1]
[Am]Do you remembe[Em]r,
[C]your President Nix[G]on?
[Am]Do you remembe[Em]r,
the [F]bills you have to pay?
Or even [E]yesterday?

[Interlude 1]
[D][Em]
[F][G][Em][A]

[Verse 4]
[D]Have you been the un-American?
[Em]Just you and your idol sing falsetto
[G]'Bout Leather, leather everywhere
[A]And not a myth [A]left from the ghetto
[D]Well, well, well, would you carry a razor
[Em]In case, just in case of depression?
[G]Sit on your hands on a bus of survivors
[A]Blushing at all [A]the Afro-Sheeners
[D]Ain't that close to love?
Well, [Em]ain't that poster love?
[G]Well, it ain't that Barbie doll
Her [A]heart's been broken
[A]just like you and

[Chorus 4]
[G](All [A]night)
All night, you want the young American
[D](Young American) young American[Em]
(You want the young American)
[G]All [A]right

[Verse 5]
You want the young American
[D]You ain't a pimp and you ain't a hustler
A [Em]pimp's got a Cadi and a lady got a Chrysler
[G]Black's got respect,
and white's got his soul train
[A]Mama's got cramps,
[A]and look at your hands ache
[D](I heard the news today, oh boy[Em])
I got a suite and you got defeat
[G]Ain't there a man who can say no more?
[A]And ain't there a woman
I [A]can sock on the jaw?
[D]And, ain't there a child
I can hold without judging?
[Em]Ain't there a pen
that will write before they die?
[G]Ain't you proud that you've still got faces?
[A]Ain't there one damn song

[Chorus 5]
that can make me break down and cry?
[G]All [A]night
I want the young American
[D](Young American) young American[Em]
(I want the young American)
[G]All [A]right
I want the young American, young Ameri[D]can
(Young American, young A[Em]merican)
(I want the young American)
[G](All [A]night)
You want I, I want you
[D](Young American, young Amer[Em]ican)
(I want the young American)
[G]All [A]right
[Fade out]