{"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":2761468,"song":"Young Americans","artist":"David Bowie","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2761468-young-americans-chords-by-david-bowie/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2761468?type=chord","rating":4.83674,"votes":14,"content":"YOUNG AMERICANS From Young Americans\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThey pulled in just behind the bridge he lays her down, he frowns[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGee my life's a funny thing, am I still too young?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHe kissed her then and there she took his ring, took his babies[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt took him minutes, took her nowhere, Heaven knows, she'd have taken anything, but[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll night, she wants the young American[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nYoung American, young American, she wants the young American[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll night, she wants the young American[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nScanning life through the picture window She finds the slinky vagabond[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe coughs as he passes her Ford Mustang, but Heaven forbid, she'll take anything[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                                [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBut the freak, and his type, all for nothing, he misses a step and cuts his hand, but[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShowing nothing, he swoops like a song she cries \"Where have all Papa's heroes gone?\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll night, she wants the young American[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nYoung American, young American, she wants the young American[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll right, she wants the young American[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAll the way from Washington her bread-winner begs off the bathroom floor[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe live for just these twenty years do we have to die for the fifty more?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll night he wants the young American[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nYoung American, young American, he wants the young American[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll right he wants the young American[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[BREAK]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDo you remember, your President Nixon?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nDo you remember, the bills you have to pay or even yesterday?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [BREAK]\r\n [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em7[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]          [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\ne|-22023202-777777777-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-7-7-5-|[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]|-33333333-887810878-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-8-8-5-|\r\n[ch]G[/ch]|-22222222-77777-777-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-7-7-6-|\r\n[ch]D[/ch]|-00000000-999999999----------12-12-12-12-9-9-7-|\r\n[ch]A[/ch]|----------777777777----------------------7-7-7-|\r\nE|---------------------------------------------5-|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHave you have been an un-American? Just you and your idol singing falsetto 'bout[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLeather, leather everywhere, and not a myth left from the ghetto[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWell, well, well, would you carry a razor in a case, just in case of depression?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSit on your hands on a bus of survivors blushing at all the afro-Sheeners[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAin't that close to love? Well, ain't that poster love?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWell, it ain't that Barbie doll her heart's been broken just like you have[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAll night you want the young American[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYoung American, young American, you want the young American[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAll right you want the young American[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYou ain't a pimp and you ain't a hustler, a pimp's got a Cadi and a lady got a Chrysler[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBlack's got respect, and white's got his soul train Mama's got cramps, and look at your hands ache[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI heard the news today, oh boy I got a suite and you got defeat[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAin't there a man you can say no more? And, ain't there a woman I can sock on the jaw?[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                                               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd, ain't there a child I can hold without judging? Ain't there a pen that will write before they die?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAin't you proud that you've still got faces? Ain't there one damn song that can make me break down and cry?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAll night I want the young American[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYoung American, young American, I want the young American[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]                                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAll right I want the young American, Young American[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYoung American, Young American, I want the young American[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAll night You want I, I want you want[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYoung American, Young American, I want the young American[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAll night All I want is the Young American[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYoung American, Young American, I want the young American[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAll night[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORDS]\r\n    EADGBE\r\n    ------\r\n[ch]A[/ch]   x02220\r\n[ch]C[/ch]   x32010\r\n[ch]D[/ch]   xx0232\r\n[ch]E[/ch]   022100\r\n[ch]F[/ch]   133211\r\n[ch]G[/ch]   320003\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  x02210\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]  xx0231\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]  022000\r\n[ch]G7[/ch]  320001\r\n[ch]Em7[/ch] x79787","plain_text":"YOUNG AMERICANS From Young Americans\n\n[Intro]\nC  Dm  F  G\nC  Dm  F  G\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[BREAK]\nAm  G  F  G\nAm  G  F  G\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORDS]\n    EADGBE\n    ------\nA   x02220\nC   x32010\nD   xx0232\nE   022100\nF   133211\nG   320003\nAm  x02210\nDm  xx0231\nEm  022000\nG7  320001\nEm7 x79787","chords":["C","Dm","F","G","Am","Em","E","D","Em7","G7","A","B"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}