Jason Isbell – Born In The Usa (Guitar)

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[Intro] Dm G Am F G Am [Verse 1]
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Born down in a dead man's town

Dm
First kick I took was when I hit the ground

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

         Dm
Then you spend half your life just covering up
[Chorus]
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Born in the U.S.A.,  Born in the U.S.A.

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

Dm
So they put a rifle in my hand

Am
Sent me off to a foreign land

Dm
To go and kill the yellow man
[Chorus]
      Am                  Dm
I was born in the U.S.A., Born in the U.S.A.

Am                  Dm
Born in the U.S.A.
[Interlude] F G Am F G Am [Verse 3]
Am
Come back home to the refinery

       Dm
Hiring man said "Son if it was up to me"

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

         Dm
He said "Son, don't you understand"
[Verse 4]
Am
I had a brother at Khe Sahn

Dm
Fighting off the Viet Cong

Am
They're still there, he's all gone
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Am
He had a woman he loved in Saigon

Dm
I got a picture of him in her arms now
[Interlude] F G Am F G Am [Verse 5]
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Shadow of the peni tentiary

Dm
Out by the gas fires of the refinery

Am
Ten years burning down the road

Dm
Nowhere to run ain't got nowhere to go
[Outro]
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Born in the U.S.A., Born in the U.S.A.

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Born in the U.S.A.

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Born in the U.S.A., Born in the U.S.A.

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Born in the U.S.A.