Bruce Springsteen – Born In The Usa Electric Nebraska (Guitar)

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As recorded by Bruce Springsteen (From the 2025 Album NEBRASKA '82: EXPANDED EDITION) [Intro] D G D G D [Verse 1]
D
Born down in a dead man's town

    G                                    D
The first kick I took was when I hit the ground

D
End up like a dog that's been beat too much

         G                                     D
'Til you spend half your life just to cover it up
[Chorus]
D
Born in the U.S.A.

G               D
Born in the U.S.A.

D
Born in the U.S.A.

G               D
Born in the U.S.A.
[Verse 2]
D
Got in a little hometown jam

       G                  D
So they put a rifle in my hands

D
Sent me off to a foreign land

       G                       D
Said, "Son, go and kill the yellow man"
[Chorus]
D
Born in the U.S.A.

     G                D
I was born in the U.S.A.​

D
Born in the U.S.A.

G               D
Born in the U.S.A.​
[Verse 3]
D
Come back home to the refineries

       G                               D
Hirin' man said, "Son, if it was up to me"

D
I went down to see my V.A. man

       G                   D
Said, "Son, don't you understand?"
[Chorus]
D
Born in the U.S.A.​

G               D
Born in the U.S.A.

D
Born in the U.S.A.​

G               D
Born in the U.S.A.
[Guitar Solo] D G D G [Verse 4]
D
I had a brother, he stood at Khe Sanh

G                      D
Fightin' off them Viet Cong

                                      G
They're still there but he's all gone

D
He had a little girl in Saigon

G
I got a picture of him in her arms
[Guitar Solo] D G D [Verse 5]
D
Now down in the shadows of the penitentiary

           G                      D
Out by the gas fires of the refinery

D
I'm ten years down the road

G N.C.
Nowhere to run, nowhere to go
[Out-Chorus]
D
Born in the U.S.A.
G D​ I'm a long gone daddy in the U.S.A.
D
Born in the U.S.A.​

      G    N.C.                       D    G
I'm a cool rockin' daddy in the U.S.A.

                D
Born in the U.S.A.​

                  G   D
Born in the U.S.A.​