This is tabbed in G thought the recording is in Gb   

[Intro]  

[Verse 1]
           
   Young man, 

there's no nee

d to feel down

,  
              
    I said, yo

    
ung man, pick 

yourself off t

he ground,  
              
    I said, yo

         
ung man, 'caus

e you're in a 

new town,  
              
    there's no

             
 need to be un

           
happy. 
 
[Hook]
          
   Young man, 

there's a plac

e you can go, 

 
              
    I said, yo

  
ung man, when 

you're short o

n your dough, 

 
              
    you can st

    
ay there, and 

I'm sure you w

ill find  
              
    many ways 

           
to have a good

         
 time.  
    - - - - - 
    It's fun t

- - - - - -   
o stay at the 

             
Y-M-C-A, it's 

              
fun to stay at

       
 the Y-M-C-A. 

 
              
    They have 

   
everything for

 young men to 

enjoy,  
             
    you can ha

  
ng out with al

l the boys.  
              
    It's fun t

              
o stay at the 

             
Y-M-C-A, it's 

              
fun to stay at

       
 the Y-M-C-A. 

 
             
    You can ge

  
t yourself cle

aned, you can 

have a good me

al,  
            
    you can do

       
 whatever you 

feel.  

[Verse 2]
        
   Young man, 

are you listen

ing to me?  
             
    I said, yo

  
ung man, what 

do you want to

 be?  
             
    I said, yo

  
ung man, you c

an make real y

our dreams,  
             
    but you go

      
t to know this

 
 one thing!  
  
[Hook]
       
   No man does

 it all by him

self,  
             
    I said, yo

  
ung man, put y

our pride on t

he shelf,  
              
    and just g

  
o there, to th

e Y-M-C-A,  
            
    I'm sure t

         
hey can help y

  
ou today.  
    - - - - - 
    It's fun t

- - - - - -   
o stay at the 

             
Y-M-C-A, it's 

              
fun to stay at

       
 the Y-M-C-A, 

 
              
    they have 

   
everything for

 young men to 

enjoy,  
             
    you can ha

  
ng out with al

l the boys.  
              
    It's fun t

              
o stay at the 

             
Y-M-C-A, it's 

              
fun to stay at

       
 the Y-M-C-A. 

 
            
    You can ge

  
t yourself cle

aned, you can 

have a good me

al,  
            
    you can do

  
 whatever you 

feel.  

[Verse 3]
       
   Young man, 

I was once in 

your shoes,  
            
    I said, I 

  
was down and o

ut with the bl

ues,  
             
    I felt no 

              
man cared if I

              
 were alive, I

          
 felt the whol

    
e world was so

 tight.  

       
   That's when

 someone came 

up to me,  
              
    and said, 

   
young man, tak

e a walk up th

e street,  
              
    there's a 

    
place there ca

lled the Y-M-C

-A,  
              
    they can s

        
tart you back 

  
on your way.  
   - - - - - -
    It's fun t

 - - - - - -  
o stay at the 

             
Y-M-C-A, it's 

              
fun to stay at

        
 the  Y-M-C-A 

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