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SONG: Born in the USA
ARTIST: Bruce Springsteen
ALBUM: Born in the USA
TABBED BY: Kev Short
Start out with clean guitar then put a bit of distortion on when the song kicks in fully.
For the faster parts of the song, strumming the chords instead of simply playing them and
letting them ring could sound better.
For the keyboard melody play this:
(B)
e|-------------------------|-4-----------------------| B|-------7-----------5--7--|----5-----7--------------| G|-------------------------|-------------------------| x2 D|-------------------------|-------------------------| A|-------------------------|-------------------------| E|-7-----------------------|-------------------------|
(E)
e|-------------------------|-4-----------------------| B|-------7-----------5--7--|----5-----7--------------| G|-------------------------|-------------------------| x2 D|-------------------------|-------------------------| A|-------------------------|-------------------------| E|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|
Intro
Verse 1
Born down in a dead man's town
The first kick I took was when I hit the ground
End up like a dog that's been beat too much
Till you spend half your life just covering up, now
Chorus
Born in the U.S.A., I was born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A., born in the U.S.A. now
Verse 2
Got in a little hometown jam
So they put a rifle in my hand
Sent me off to a foreign land
To go and kill the yellow man
Chorus
Born in the U.S.A., I was born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A., I was born in the U.S.A.
Verse 3
Come back home to the refinery
Hiring man said "Son if it was up to me"
Went down to see my V.A. man
He said "Son, don't you understand now"
Instrumental
Verse 4
I had a brother at Khe Sahn
Fighting off the Viet Cong
They're still there, he's all gone
Verse 5
He had a woman he loved in Saigon
I got a picture of him in her arms now
Verse 6
Down in the shadow of the penitentiary
Out by the gas fires of the refinery
I'm ten years burning down the road
Nowhere to run ain't got nowhere to go
Chorus
Born in the U.S.A., I was born in the U.S.A. now
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.
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
1 2 3 4
(continue)
(fade out)
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