Pink houses
John MellencampVon dem Album "Uh-huh" 1983
Verse 1:
G
There's a black man with a black cat living in a black neighborhood.
He's got an interstate running through his front yard.
F C G
You know he thinks he's got it so good
G
And there's a woman in the kitchen cleaning up the evening slop.
F C G
And he looks at her and says, "Hey darlin' I can remember when you could stop a clock"
Refrain:
G C G
Oh but ain't that America for you and me
C G
Ain't that America something to see baby
C D
Aint that America home of the free
C G - C (2x)
Little pink houses for you and me
Verse 2:
G
Well there's a young man in a tee-shirt
listening to a rockin' rollin' station
He's got greasy hair and a greasy smile he says,
F C G
"Lord this must be my destination"
Cause they told me when I was younger,
"Boy you're gonna be president"
F C
But just like everything else those old crazy dreams
G
just kinda came and went
Refrain:
G C G
Oh but ain't that America for you and me
C G
Ain't that America something to see baby
C D
Aint that America home of the free
C G - C (2x)
Little pink houses for you and me
Solo:
Oh baby for you an me
G - C (3x) F - C - G (4x)
Verse 3:
G
Well there's people and more people what do they know
F
C G
Go to work in some high rise and vacation down at the Gulf of Mexico
G
And there's winners and there's losers
But they aint no big deal
F
C
Because the simple man baby pays for the thrills, the bills,
G
the pills that kill
Refrain:
G
C G
Oh but ain't that America for you and me
C G
Ain't that America something to see baby
C D
Aint that America home of the free
C
G
Little pink houses for you and me
C G
Oh but ain't that America for you and me
C G
Ain't that America something to see baby
C D
Aint that America home of the free
C
G - C (2x)
Little pink houses for you and me
Outro:
G - C
ooooh yeah..... oooooh yeah.....
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