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Rock In The Usa

John Cougar Mellencamp
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 They  come from the  cities and they  come from the  smaller towns,
 beat  up cars with  guitars and  drummers goin'  crack,  boom, bam.
  R.  O. C.  K. in the U.  S. A.
  R.  O. C.  K. in the U.  S. A
  R.  O. C.  K. in the U.  S. A, yeah,  yeah
  (no chord) E A D A etc, for a few more bars
  Rockin' in the U. S. A.
 - The remainder of the song follows the same pattern:
 Said goodbye to their families, said goodbye to their friends;
 with pipedreams in their heads and very little money in their hands.
 Some are black and some are white, aint't too proud to sleep on the floor tonight.
 With the blind faith of Jesus, you know that they just might . . .
 (no chord)
 be rockin in the USA
 >Chorus
 Voices from nowhere and voices from the larger towns
 Filled our head full of dreams, turned our world upside down
 There was Frankie Lymon, Bobby Fuller, Mitch Ryder (they were rockin')
 Jackie Wilson, Shangrilas, Young Rascals (they were rockin')
 Spotlight on Martha Reeves, let's don't forget James Brown.
 (no chord) (spoken)
 Rockin' in the USA. Hey!
 >Chorus
 (repeat and fade)

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Readable chord sheet for Rock In The Usa by John Cougar Mellencamp

T[E]hey come from t[A]he cities and the[D]y come from the[A] smaller towns,[E]   [A]      [D]         [A]

b[E]eat up cars w[A]ith guitars an[D]d drummers goin[A]' crack[E], boom, [A]bam.     [D]           [A]

 [E]R. O. C[A]. K.  in the U.[D] S. A.  [A]

 [E]R. O. C[A]. K.  in the U.[D] S. A   [A]

 [E]R. O. C[A]. K.  in the U.[D] S. A, y[A]eah, yeah    [B]

 (no chord)             E  A  D  A  etc, for a few more bars
 Rockin' in the U. S. A.

- The remainder of the song follows the same pattern:

Said goodbye to their families, said goodbye to their friends;
with pipedreams in their heads and very little money in their hands.
Some are black and some are white, aint't too proud to sleep on the floor tonight.
With the blind faith of Jesus, you know that they just might . . .

(no chord)
be rockin in the USA

>Chorus

Voices from nowhere and voices from the larger towns
Filled our head full of dreams, turned our world upside down
There was Frankie Lymon, Bobby Fuller, Mitch Ryder (they were rockin')
Jackie Wilson, Shangrilas, Young Rascals (they were rockin')
Spotlight on Martha Reeves, let's don't forget James Brown.

(no chord)           (spoken)
Rockin' in the USA.   Hey!

>Chorus
(repeat and fade)

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