SONG: Born in the USA
ARTIST: Bruce Springsteen
ALBUM: Born in the USA
TABBED BY: Kev Short

Start out with clean guitar then put a bit of distortion on when the song kicks in fully.
For the faster parts of the song, strumming the chords instead of simply playing them and 
letting them ring could sound better.


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[Intro]

         


[Verse 1]


  Born down in

 a dead man's 

town

The first kick I took was when I hit the ground

End up like a 

dog that's bee

n beat too muc

h

Till you spend half your life just covering up, now


[Chorus]


  Born in the 

U.S.A., I was 

born in the U.

S.A.
      
I was   born i

n the U.S.A., 

born in the U.

S.A. now


[Verse 2]


  Got in a lit

tle hometown j

am

So they put a rifle in my hand

  Sent me off 

to a foreign l

and

To go and kill the yellow man


[Chorus]


  Born in the 

U.S.A., I was 

born in the U.

S.A.
      
I was   born i

n the U.S.A., 

I was born in 

the U.S.A. 


[Verse 3]


  Come back ho

me to the refi

nery

Hiring man said "Son if it was up to me"

  Went down to

 see my V.A. m

an

He said "Son, don't you understand now"


[Instrumental]

          


[Verse 4]


  I had a brot

her at Khe Sah

n

Fighting off the Viet Cong

  They're stil

l there, he's 

all gone



[Verse 5]


  He had a wom

an he loved in

 Saigon

I got a picture of him in her arms now

   


[Verse 6]


  Down in the 

shadow of the 

penitentiary

Out by the gas fires of the refinery
    
I'm   ten year

s burning down

 the road

Nowhere to run ain't got nowhere to go


[Chorus]


  Born in the 

U.S.A., I was 

born in the U.

S.A. now

  Born in the 

U.S.A., I'm a 

long gone Dadd

y in the U.S.A

. now


  Born in the 

U.S.A., Born i

n the U.S.A.

  Born in the 

U.S.A., I'm a 

cool rocking D

addy in the U.

S.A. now


[Instrumental]

            x3


[False Ending]

         

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