{"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":80206,"song":"Usa","artist":"The Pogues","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/80206-usa-chords-by-the-pogues/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/80206?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"***USA - written by Shane MacGowan\r\nfrom the album \"Peace And Love\"\r\n\r\nUSA - As performed by The Pogues\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen I was young I watched the cars[/tab]\r\nWhen I was older I drank in bars\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen I was young I chewed the leaves[/tab]\r\nWhen I was older I drank with thieves\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI found a love She gave me dreams[/tab]\r\nShe left me drunk In New Orleans\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo cold and lonely So all alone[/tab]\r\nI wished my heart Was made of stone\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI took the cold bright needle I used it as a sword[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy eyes have seen the glory of The coming of the Lord[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI burned across the delta I swam across the ford[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy eyes have seen the glory of The coming of the Lord[/tab]\r\n\r\nWhen I was a young man Standing on this road\r\nMy empty belly An aching hole\r\nAn old man said to me \"Kid don't you know\r\nThat it's the same Wherever you go\"\r\n\r\n(not too sure about this part...)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI gambled in two graveyards I won against the odds[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith the saints And the saviours With the maggots and the gods[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI cursed the things they showed me I could never see again[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the howling of the wind at night I wrote upon the rain[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI found the thing For which I prayed[/tab]\r\nAnd came back home To the USA\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith a heart of stone And now I know[/tab]\r\nThat it's the same Wherever you go","plain_text":"***USA - written by Shane MacGowan\nfrom the album \"Peace And Love\"\n\nUSA - As performed by The Pogues\n\n\n\nWhen I was older I drank in bars\n\nWhen I was older I drank with thieves\n\n\nShe left me drunk In New Orleans\n\nI wished my heart Was made of stone\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen I was a young man Standing on this road\nMy empty belly An aching hole\nAn old man said to me \"Kid don't you know\nThat it's the same Wherever you go\"\n\n(not too sure about this part...)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd came back home To the USA\n\nThat it's the same Wherever you go","chords":["G","C","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"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]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}