Anaïs Mitchell – Young Man In America (Guitar)

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Chords

Capo VI Em 022000 C 332010 (C/G) Dadd4add9 554030 (Dadd4add9/A) A 002220 (A/E) B 224442 (B/F#) C#m 446654 (C#m/G#) [Intro] Em C Dadd4add9 [Verse 1]
      Em
My mother gave a mighty shout

C
Opened her legs and let me out

       Dadd4add9
Hungry as a prairie dog
Young man in America Young man in America
    Em                  C
Hungry, hungry, running every which way

          Dadd4add9
Young man in Americ-kay

   Em
I come out like a cannonball

C
Come of age of alcohol

      Dadd4add9
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

          Dadd4add9
Young man in America
[Chorus]
A          B
Oh shelter

               C#m
Mother shelter

               A
Mother shelter us

Oooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-oooh
[Verse 2]
    Em
My father was a lord of land

C
My daddy was a repo man

   Dadd4add9
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

            Dadd4add9
I'm a young man

            Em
I'm growing right before your eyes

       C
I might grow to such a size

        Dadd4add9
Blowing like a hurricane
Everyone will know my name Everyone'll know my name
      Em
Blowing in, blowing out,

     C
Shadow on a mountaintop

          Dadd4add9
Young man in America
[Chorus]
A           B
Oh shepherd

                C#m
Father shepherd

                A
Father shepherd us

Oooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-oooh
[Verse 3]
Em
In my feathers and furs

C
Clothes of many colours

     Dadd4add9
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

          Dadd4add9
Young man in Americ-kay

Em
Maybe I'll climb the stairs

C
With the girl with golden hair

         Dadd4add9
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

      Dadd4add9
And a young man

[Interlude]
A  B  C#m  A  B  C#m  A
                      Oooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-oooh

[Verse 4]

          Em
Like the wind I make my moan

C
Howl in the canyon

          Dadd4add9
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
Dadd4add9
Another wayward son

                   Em
Waiting on oblivion

                               C
Waiting for a kingdom come to meet me in my sin

           Dadd4add9
Waiting to be born again
Mother kiss me cheek and chin
Em
Mmm, a little medicine

C                          Dadd4add9
Mmm, I'm gonna shed my skin

                    Em
Mmm, and let me climb back in the bed you made me in