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Usa

The Pogues
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
When  I was young I watched the cars
 When I was older I drank in bars
 When I was young  I chewed the leaves
 When I was older I drank with thieves
I  found a love She gave me dreams
 She left me drunk In New Orleans
 So cold and lonely  So all alone
 I wished my heart Was made of stone
 I took  the cold bright needle  I used  it as a sword
 My eyes  have seen the glory  of The coming  of the Lord
 I burned  across the delta  I swam  across the ford
 My eyes  have seen the glory  of The coming  of the Lord
 When I was a young man Standing on this road
 My empty belly An aching hole
 An old man said to me "Kid don't you know
 That it's the same Wherever you go"
 (not too sure about this part...)
I  gambled in two graveyards I won against the odds
 With the saints And the saviours With the maggots  and the gods
I  cursed the things they showed me I could never see again
 And the howling of the wind at night I  wrote upon the rain
I  found the thing For which I prayed
 And came back home To the USA
 With a heart of stone  And now I know
 That it's the same Wherever you go

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Readable chord sheet for Usa by The Pogues

[G]When I was young I watched the cars
When I was older I drank in bars
When I was [C]young I chewed the [G]leaves
When I was older I drank with thieves

[G]I found a love She gave me dreams
She left me drunk In New Orleans
So cold and [C]lonely So all a[G]lone
I wished my heart Was made of stone

I [C]took the cold bright [G]needle I [C]used it as a [G]sword
My [C]eyes have seen the [G]glory of The [D]coming of the [G]Lord
I [C]burned across the d[G]elta I [C]swam across the f[G]ord
My [C]eyes have seen the [G]glory of The [D]coming of the [G]Lord

When I was a young man Standing on this road
My empty belly An aching hole
An old man said to me "Kid don't you know
That it's the same Wherever you go"

(not too sure about this part...)

[G]I gambled in two graveyards I won against the odds
With the saints And the saviours With the [D]maggots and the [G]gods
[G]I cursed the things they showed me I could never see again
And the howling of the wind at night I[D] wrote upon the [G]rain

[G]I found the thing For which I prayed
And came back home To the USA
With a heart of [C]stone And now I [G]know
That it's the same Wherever you go

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