Intro : G, C ( 4 times)

GThere's (320003@1)a black man with a black cat living in a black neighborhood.

He's got an interstate running through his  front yard.
            F (133211@1)         C (x32010@1)       GYou (320003@1)know he thinks he's got it so good
GAnd (320003@1)there's a woman in the kitchen cleaning up the evening slop.
         FAnd (133211@1)he looks at her and says, "Hey darlin'
C (x32010@1)                           GI (320003@1)can remember when you could stop a clock"

Chorus
G (320003@1)               C (x32010@1)                 GOh (320003@1)but ain't that America for you and me
           C (x32010@1)                  GAin't (320003@1)that America something to see baby
          C (x32010@1)                 DAint (xx0232@1)that America home of the free
                       CLittle (x32010@1)pink houses for you and me   ( Enter Drums )
( G,C,G,C 2 times)
GWell (320003@1)there's a young man in a tee-shirt

listening to a rockin' rollin' station

He's got greasy hair and a greasy smile he says,
 F (133211@1)            C (x32010@1)   G"Lord (320003@1)this must be my destination"

Cause they told me when I was younger,

"Boy you're gonna be president"
               F (133211@1)                            CBut (x32010@1)just like everything else those old crazy dreams
                    Gjust (320003@1)kinda came and went


Chorus
   ( OH BABY FOR YOU AND ME )  ( G, C, G, C, G, C,
                               ( F, C, G, F, C, G, F, C, G, F, C, G)
GWell (320003@1)there's people and more people what do they know
                                 F (133211@1)                  C (x32010@1)     GGo (320003@1)to work in some high rise and vacation down at the Gulf of Mexico
GAnd (320003@1)there's winners and there's losers

But they aint no big deal
            F (133211@1)                          CBecause (x32010@1)the simple man baby pays for the thrills, the bills,
    Gthe (320003@1)pills that kill

Chorus  ( Repeat Twice)

( G, C  - 4 times )     ooooh  yeah..... oooooh yeah.....