Pink Houses John Mellencamp
Pink Houses John Cougar Mellencamp
CAPO 5th fret (As you can see when Mellencamp performs this song acoustically and how he
played it at Obama?s first inaugural)
Intro : D (Mute E1 with thumb), G ( 4 times)
[D]There's a black man with a black cat,
living in a black neighborhood.
He's got an interstate running through his front yard.
You know he [G]thinks he's [A]got it so [D]good
[D]And there's a woman in the kitchen cleaning up the evening slop.
And he l[G]ooks at her and says, "Hey darlin'
[A]I can remember when you could [D]stop a clock"
Chorus
Oh [D]but ain't that Am[G]erica for you and m[D]e
Ain't that Am[G]erica something to see baby[D]
Ain?t that [G]America home of the f[A]ree
Litt[G]le pink houses for you and [D]me
Well there's a young man in a tee-shirt
listening to a rock 'N' roll station
He's got greasy hair and a greasy smile he says,
"Lord this must be my destination"
Cause they told me when I was younger,
"Boy you're gonna be president"
But just like everything else those old crazy dreams
just kinda came and went
Chorus
Well there's people and more people what do they know
Go to work in some high rise and
vacation down at the Gulf of Mexico (Ooh yeah)
And there's winners and there's losers
But they ain?t no big deal
Because the simple man baby pays for the thrills, the bills,
the pills that kill
Chorus ( Repeat Twice)
( D, G - 4 times ) ooooh yeah..... oooooh yeah.....
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