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There’s a b | lack man, with a black cat, living in a black neighborhood |
He’s got an interstate running through his front yard
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You know he th | inks he’s, | got it so go | od |
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And there’s a | woman, in the kitchen, cleaning up the evening slop |
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And he lo | oks at her and says |
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Hey darlin’ | I can remember when you could | stop a clock |
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Oh, but ain’t that Ame | rica, for you and | me |
| A | E |
Ain’t that Ame | rica, somethin’ to se | e baby |
| A | B |
Ain’t that Ame | rica, home of the fre | e, yeah |
| A | E |
Little pink houses for y | ou and me, yeah for you and me | |
| E |
Well there’s a | young man, in a t-shirt, listening to a rock and roll station |
He’s got greasy hair and a, greasy smile
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He says | lord this must | be my destinat | ion |
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Cause he t | old me, when I was younger, said boy ya gonna be president |
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But just like e | verything else, those old c | razy dreams, kinda came and | went |
| A | E |
Oh, but ain’t that Ame | rica, for you and | me |
| A | E |
Ain’t that Ame | rica, somethin’ to se | e baby |
| A | B |
Ain’t that Ame | rica, home of the fre | e, yeah |
| A | E |
Little pink houses for y | ou and me, oh, little baby for | you and me |
| E |
Well there’s p | eople, and more people, and what do they know know know |
| D | A | E |
Go to work in some high-rise, and va | cation down at the | Gulf of Mexi | co, ooh yeah |
| E |
And there’s w | inners, and there’s losers, but that ain’t no big deal |
| D | A | E |
Cause the | simple man, baby, pays for | thrills, with bills, and | pills that kill |
| A | E |
Oh, but ain’t that Ame | rica, for you and | me |
| A | E |
Ain’t that Ame | rica, somethin’ to se | e baby |
| A | B |
Ain’t that Ame | rica, home of the fre | e, yeah |
| A |
Little pink houses for y | ou and me, oooh |
| A | E |
Oh, but ain’t that Ame | rica, for you and | me |
| A | E |
Ain’t that Ame | rica, hey somethin’ to se | e baby |
| A | B |
Ain’t that Ame | rica, oh, the home of the fre | e |
| A | E |
Oooh yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yea | h, little pink houses babe for you and | me |