Pink houses (1983)
G - C -
G (4x)
G
1. There's a black man, with a black cat living in a black neighbourhood,
- G
he's
got a interstate running through his front yard
F C
G
you
know he thinks that he's got it so good.
G
And there's a woman, in the
kitchen, cleaning up the evening slop,
F
and
he looks at her and says,
- C G
“Hey, darlin',
I remember when you could stop a
clock.
C
G
Oh, but ain't that America, for you and me,
C
G
ain't that America, somethin' to see, baby !
C
D
Ain't that America, home of the free !
C
Little pink houses for you and me, yeah, for you and me.
+ G - C - G (2x)
G
2. Now, there's a young man, in a T-shirt,
listening
to a rockin’ rollin'
station,
- G
he's
got greasy hair, greasy smile,
F C
G
he
says, "Lord, this must be my destination.
G
‘Cause they told me when I was
younger,
"Boy you’re gonna be the President !"
F C
But just like everything else,
those crazy dreams,
G
just kinda came and went.
+ CHORUS + G - C - G (4x)
+ G - F - C - G (3x) + G ~
G
3. Well, there's people, and more people,
and
what do they know know know,
G
go to
work in some high-rise,
F
C G
and
vacation down at the Gulf of Mexico, ooh, yeah.
G
And there's
winners, and there's losers, but that ain't no
big deal,
F C
’cause the simple man, baby,
pays the thrills,
G
the
bills, the pills that kill.
C G
Oh, but ain't that America, for you and me,
C G
ain't that America, somethin' to see, baby !
C D
Ain't that America, home of the free !
C
Little pink houses for you and me, yeah, for you and me.
+ G + repeat CHORUS + G - C - G (4x)
(John Mellencamp)