{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":148158,"song":"Born In The Usa","artist":"Bruce Springsteen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/148158-born-in-the-usa-chords-by-bruce-springsteen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/148158?type=chord","rating":4.57964,"votes":371,"content":"SONG: Born in the USA\r\nARTIST: Bruce Springsteen\r\nALBUM: Born in the USA\r\nTABBED BY: Kev Short\r\n\r\nStart out with clean guitar then put a bit of distortion on when the song kicks in fully.\r\nFor the faster parts of the song, strumming the chords instead of simply playing them and \r\nletting them ring could sound better.\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]For the keyboard melody play this:\r\n  ([ch]B[/ch])\r\ne|-------------------------|-4-----------------------|\r\nB|-------7-----------5--7--|----5-----7--------------|\r\nG|-------------------------|-------------------------| x2\r\nD|-------------------------|-------------------------|\r\nA|-------------------------|-------------------------|\r\nE|-7-----------------------|-------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  ([ch]E[/ch])\r\ne|-------------------------|-4-----------------------|\r\nB|-------7-----------5--7--|----5-----7--------------|\r\nG|-------------------------|-------------------------| x2\r\nD|-------------------------|-------------------------|\r\nA|-------------------------|-------------------------|\r\nE|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\n[ch]B[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\n  Born down in a dead man's town[/tab]\r\n\r\nThe first kick I took was when I hit the ground\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nEnd up like a dog that's been beat too much[/tab]\r\n\r\nTill you spend half your life just covering up, now\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\n  Born in the U.S.A., I was born in the U.S.A.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI was   born in the U.S.A., born in the U.S.A. now[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\n  Got in a little hometown jam[/tab]\r\n\r\nSo they put a rifle in my hand\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\n  Sent me off to a foreign land[/tab]\r\n\r\nTo go and kill the yellow man\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\n  Born in the U.S.A., I was born in the U.S.A.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI was   born in the U.S.A., I was born in the U.S.A. [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\n  Come back home to the refinery[/tab]\r\n\r\nHiring man said \"Son if it was up to me\"\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\n  Went down to see my V.A. man[/tab]\r\n\r\nHe said \"Son, don't you understand now\"\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n\r\n[ch]B[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch] \r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\n  I had a brother at Khe Sahn[/tab]\r\n\r\nFighting off the Viet Cong\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\n  They're still there, he's all gone[/tab]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\n  He had a woman he loved in Saigon[/tab]\r\n\r\nI got a picture of him in her arms now\r\n\r\n[ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\n  Down in the shadow of the penitentiary[/tab]\r\n\r\nOut by the gas fires of the refinery\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI'm   ten years burning down the road[/tab]\r\n\r\nNowhere to run ain't got nowhere to go\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\n  Born in the U.S.A., I was born in the U.S.A. now[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\n  Born in the U.S.A., I'm a long gone Daddy in the U.S.A. now[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\n  Born in the U.S.A., Born in the U.S.A.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\n  Born in the U.S.A., I'm a cool rocking Daddy in the U.S.A. now[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n\r\n[ch]B[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]   x3\r\n\r\n\r\n[False Ending]\r\n\r\n[ch]B[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n1 2 3 4\r\n\r\n(continue)\r\n[ch]B[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\n(fade out)[/tab]","plain_text":"SONG: Born in the USA\nARTIST: Bruce Springsteen\nALBUM: Born in the USA\nTABBED BY: Kev Short\n\nStart out with clean guitar then put a bit of distortion on when the song kicks in fully.\nFor the faster parts of the song, strumming the chords instead of simply playing them and \nletting them ring could sound better.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Intro]\n\nB   B   E   E\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\nThe first kick I took was when I hit the ground\n\n\nTill you spend half your life just covering up, now\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\nSo they put a rifle in my hand\n\n\nTo go and kill the yellow man\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\nHiring man said \"Son if it was up to me\"\n\n\nHe said \"Son, don't you understand now\"\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n\nB   B   E   E \n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\nFighting off the Viet Cong\n\nE\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\nI got a picture of him in her arms now\n\nE   E\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\nOut by the gas fires of the refinery\n\n\nNowhere to run ain't got nowhere to go\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n\nB   B   E   E   x3\n\n\n[False Ending]\n\nB   B   E   E\n\n1 2 3 4\n\n(continue)\nB   B   E   E","chords":["B","G","D","A","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}