Intro
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Verse 1
EmG/BCGD/F#EmG/BCD/F#
Double wide, quick stop, midnight, T-top, Jack in her Cherry Coke town
EmG/BCGD/F#
Momma and daddy put their roots right here
EmG/BCD/F#
'Cause this is where the car broke down
EmG/BCGD/F#
Yellow dawn, school bus kickin' up red dust,
EmG/BCGD/F#
Picking us up by a barbed wire fence
EmG/BCGD/F#EmG/BC
MTV on the RCA, no A/C in the vents
Chorus
GBmEmC
We were Jesus save me, blue jean baby, born in the USA
GBmEmC
Trailer park truck stop, faded little map dots, New York to LA
GBmEmC
We were teenage dreamin', front seat leanin', baby come give me a kiss
GBmEmC
Put me on the cover of the Rollin' Stone uptown downhome American kids
EmG/BCGD/F#EmG/BCGD/F#
Growin' up in little pink houses, makin' out on living room couches
Em G/B C G D/F# Em N.C.
Blowin' that smoke on Saturday night, a little messed up but we're all alright
Interlude Em G/B |C G D/F#||X2
Verse 2
EmG/BCGD/F#
Baptist church parking lot, trying not to get caught,
EmG/BCD/F#
Take her home and give her your jacket
EmG/BCGD/F#
Making it to second base but sayin' you went all the way
EmG/BCD/F#
Monday afternoon at practice
EmG/BCGD/F#EmG/BCD/F#
Sister's got a boyfriend, daddy doesn't like
EmG/BCGD/F#C
Now he's sitting out back, 30-30 in his lap in the blue bug zapper light
Chorus
GBmEmC
We were Jesus save me, blue jean baby, born in the USA
GBmEmC
Trailer park truck stop, faded little map dots, New York to LA
GBmEmC
We were teenage dreamin', front seat leanin', baby come give me a kiss
GBmEmC
Put me on the cover of the Rollin' Stone uptown downhome American kids
EmG/BCGD/F#EmG/BCGD/F#
Growin' up in little pink houses, makin' out on living room couches
Em G/B C G D/F# Em N.C.
Blowin' that smoke on Saturday night, a little messed up but we're all alright
Solo Em G/B |C G D/F#||X4
Chorus
GBmEmC
We were Jesus save me, blue jean baby, born in the USA
GBmEmC
Trailer park truck stop, faded little map dots, New York to LA
GBmEmC
We were teenage dreamin', front seat leanin', baby come give me a kiss
GBmEmC
Put me on the cover of the Rollin' Stone uptown downhome American kids
EmG/BCGD/F#EmG/BCGD/F#
Growin' up in little pink houses, makin' out on living room couches
Em G/B C G D/F# Em N.C.
Blowin' that smoke on Saturday night, a little messed up but we're all alright