This is tabbed in G thought the recording is in Gb   

 Intro D 

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