Songs About Me

INTRO

The chords are:  G    C G         C 
G


VERSE I

          G
There's a black man       with a 
black cat


livin' in a black neighbourhood


He's got an   interstate  running 
through his front yard.

             F             C      
You know, he thinks he's   got it 
   G
so good


And there`s a woman   in the kitchen
   cleanin' up the evening slop.

           F
And he looks at her and says, "Hey 
darlin',

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C                              G
I can remember when you could   stop
 a clock"
                       C           
Oh, but ain't that Amer-i-ca,  for 
           G
you and me!-

                       C      
Oh, but ain't that Amer-i-ca,  
                G
somethin' to see, baby!

                       C           
Oh, but ain't that Amer-i-ca,  home
            G
 of the free!---


Yeah, little pink houses   for you 
and me,


Oh-- yeah, for you and me.
> Repeat Intro


VERSE II

Well there's a young man    in a 
T-shirt
listin' to a rockin' rollin' 
station.
He's got   greasy hair and a    
greasy smile that says,
"Lord, this must  be my destination"

'Cause they told me   when I was 
younger, "Boy, you gonna be 
President"
But just like ev'rything else, those
 old crazy dreams just kinda   came
  and went

> Repeat Chorus and Intro


VERSE III

Well there's people     and more 
people.  What do they know?----
Got to work in some high rise and 
vacation down at the Gulf of Mexico.
And there's winners   and there's 
losers,   but they ain't no big 
deal.

`Cause the simple man, baby, pays 
for the thrills,   the bills,
   and the pills that kill.


> Repeat Chorus