Pink Houses chords
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Intro : G, C ( 4 times)
G
There's a black man with a black cat living in a black neighborhood.
He's got an interstate running through his front yard.
F C G
You know he thinks 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, "Hey darlin'
C G
I can remember when you could stop a clock"
Chorus
G C G
Oh but ain't that America for you and me
C G
Ain't that America something to see baby
C D
Aint that America home of the free
C
Little pink houses for you and me ( Enter Drums )
( G,C,G,C 2 times)
G
Well there's a young man in a tee-shirt
listening to a rockin' rollin' station
He's got greasy hair and a greasy smile he says,
F C G
"Lord this must be my destination"
Cause they told me when I was younger,
"Boy you're gonna be president"
F C
But just like everything else those old crazy dreams
G
just kinda came and went
Chorus
( OH BABY FOR YOU AND ME ) ( G, C, G, C, G, C,
( F, C, G, F, C, G, F, C, G, F, C, G)
G
Well there's people and more people what do they know
F C G
Go to work in some high rise and vacation down at the Gulf of Mexico
G
And there's winners and there's losers
But they aint no big deal
F C
Because the simple man baby pays for the thrills, the bills,
G
the pills that kill
Chorus ( Repeat Twice)
( G, C - 4 times ) ooooh yeah..... oooooh yeah.....