This is tabbed in G thought the recording is in Gb

 Intro D 

    G (320003@1)     
1. Young man, there's no need to feel down,  
              Em (022000@1)  
    I said, young man, pick yourself off the ground,  
              C (x32010@1)       
    I said, young man, 'cause you're in a new town,  
                     D (xx0232@1)     C (x32010@1)D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) BmAm 
    there's no need to be unhappy.  
     G (320003@1)   
2. Young man, there's a place you can go,  
              Em (022000@1)
    I said, young man, when you're short on your dough,  
              C (x32010@1)  
    you can stay there, and I'm sure you will find  
                 D (xx0232@1)  C (x32010@1)D (xx0232@1)   C (x32010@1)Bm (x24432@1) Am (x02210@1)    many ways to have a good time.  
    - - - - - - - - - - -   G (320003@1)                              Em (022000@1)
    It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A, it's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.  
               Am (x02210@1)
    They have everything for young men to enjoy,  
             D7 (xx0212@1)
    you can hang out with all the boys.  
                            G (320003@1)                              Em (022000@1)
    It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A, it's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.  
             Am (x02210@1)
    You can get yourself cleaned, you can have a good meal,  
            D7 (xx0212@1)     
    you can do whatever you feel.  
     G (320003@1) 
3. Young man, are you listening to me?  
             Em (022000@1)
    I said, young man, what do you want to be?  
             C (x32010@1)
    I said, young man, you can make real your dreams,  
             D7 (xx0212@1)CD CBm Am (x02210@1)    but you got to know this one thing!  
  
    G (320003@1) 
4. No man does it all by himself,  
             Em (022000@1)
    I said, young man, put your pride on the shelf,  
              C (x32010@1)
    and just go there, to the Y-M-C-A,  
         D7 (xx0212@1)      C (x32010@1)DC BmAm 
    I'm sure they can help you today.  
    - - - - - - - - - - -   G (320003@1)                              Em (022000@1)
    It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A, it's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A,  
               Am (x02210@1)
    they have everything for young men to enjoy,  
             D7 (xx0212@1)
    you can hang out with all the boys.  
                            G (320003@1)                              Em (022000@1)
    It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A, it's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.  
            Am (x02210@1)
    You can get yourself cleaned, you can have a good meal,  
            D7 (xx0212@1)
    you can do whatever you feel.  
     G (320003@1)
5. Young man, I was once in your shoes,  
            Em (022000@1)
    I said, I was down and out with the blues,  
            C (x32010@1)                             D7 (xx0212@1)    C (x32010@1)DC BmAm 
    I felt no man cared if I were alive, I felt the whole world was so tight.  
     G (320003@1)
6. That's when someone came up to me,  
               Em (022000@1)
    and said, young man, take a walk up the street,  
                C (x32010@1)
    there's a place there called the Y-M-C-A,  
               D7 (xx0212@1) C (x32010@1)DC BmAm 
    they can start you back on your way.  
   - - - - - - - - - - - -  G (320003@1)                               Em (022000@1)
    It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A, it's fun to stay at the  Y-M-C-A ...