Dm G Am F G Am [Verse 1] Am 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] Am Dm Born in the U.S.A., Born in the U.S.A. Am Dm Born in the U.S.A. [Verse 2] Am 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 Dm Am 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] Am 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] Am Dm Born in the U.S.A., Born in the U.S.A. Am Dm Born in the U.S.A. Am Dm Born in the U.S.A., Born in the U.S.A. Am Dm Born in the U.S.A.