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Steve Miller Band - Living In The Usa Chords

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Living In The Usa Chords

(ver. 1)
Steve Miller Band
[Intro] (Muscle car takes off, then a harmonica solo)
 
C6/A  C6/A   C6/A  C6/A
Stand back!, Stand back!
C6/A  C6/A   C6/A  C6/A
Stand back!, Stand back!
 
[Harmonica solo]
e|-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-8b-5--5-5--5-----|
B|----------------------------------8-5-|
G|--------------------------------------| repeat x2
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
 
e|------------------|------------------|
B|------------------|------------------|
G|-2------2-2-------|-2------2-2-------|
D|-2------2-2---0---|-2------2-2---0---|
A|-0-3----0-0-3-----|-0-3----0-0-3-----|
E|-----3----------3-|-----3----------3-|
 
e|------------------|------------------|
B|------------------|------------------|
G|-2------2-2-------|-2------2---------|
D|-2------2-2---0---|-2------2---------|
A|-0-3----0-0-3-----|-0-3----0-4-5-6-7-|
E|-----3----------3-|-----3------------|
 
[Chorus]
Am           Bm/A     Am7
Doot doo doo doo doot doot do
Am            Bm/A  Am7
Livin' in the U. S. A.
 
Am           Bm/A     Am7
Doot doo doo doo doot doot do
Am            Bm/A  Am7
Livin' in the U. S. A.
 
[Verse 1]
Am7                       Am7
Where are you going to?   What are you gonna do?
Am7
Do you think that it will be easy?
Am7
You think that it will be pleasin'?  Hey,  hey.
 
C6/A  C6/A                   C6/A  C6/A
Stand back! What'd you say?  Stand back! I won't pay.
C6/A  C6/A                   C6/A  C6/A
Stand back! I'd rather play. Stand back!...
 
     e|------------------|------------------|
     B|------------------|------------------|
     G|-2------2-2-------|-2------2-2-------|
     D|-2------2-2---0---|-2------2-2---0---|
     A|-0-3----0-0-3-----|-0-3----0-0-3-----|
     E|-----3----------3-|-----3----------3-|
It's my freedom...       |      Yeah don't worry
                         |      'bout me babe...
 
e|------------------|-----------------------|
B|------------------|-----------------------|
G|-2------2-2-------|-2------2--------------|
D|-2------2-2---0---|-2------2--------------|
A|-0-3----0-0-3-----|-0-3----0-4-5-6-7------|
E|-----3----------3-|-----3-----------------|
 |     I got to be  | Hey, hey, hey, yeah...|
         free babe. |
 
[Chorus]
Am           Bm/A     Am7
Doot doo doo doo doot doot do
Am            Bm/A  Am7
Livin' in the U. S. A.
 
Am           Bm/A     Am7
Doot doo doo doo doot doot do
Am            Bm/A  Am7
Livin' in the U. S. A.
 
[Post-Chorus]
 C6/A  C6/A                C6/A  C6/A
(Stand back!) Dietician!  (Stand back!) Television!
 C6/A  C6/A                C6/A  C6/A
(Stand back!) Politician! (Stand back!) Mortician!
 
e|------------------|------------------|
B|------------------|------------------|
G|-2------2-2-------|-2------2-2-------|
D|-2------2-2---0---|-2------2-2---0---|
A|-0-3----0-0-3-----|-0-3----0-0-3-----|
E|-----3----------3-|-----3----------3-|
 |        Oh, we got|     Uh, livin'   |
 |    to get away...|   in the U. S. A |
 
e|------------------|------------------|
B|------------------|------------------|
G|-2------2-2-------|-2------2---------|
D|-2------2-2---0---|-2------2---------|
A|-0-3----0-0-3-----|-0-3----0-4-5-6-7-|
E|-----3----------3-|-----3------------|
 |        Come on   |        Yeow!     |
 |          baby!   |                  |
 
[Bridge]
      A                         A   A
See a yellow man, a brown man,
A                               A   A
white man, red man.
A                               A   A
Lookin' for Uncle Sam
A                               A   A
to give you a helpin' hand
A                               A   A
but everybody's kickin' Sam,
A                               A   A
even politicians.
A                               A   A
We're livin' in a plastic land
A                               A   A
Somebody give me a hand, yeah.
 
[Bridge]
D    F             C
Oh...  we're gonna make it, baby
D    F                C
Yeah...  we've got to shake it, baby
 
D       F
Hey...      don't
e|--------------|--------------|-------------|------------|
B|--------------|--------------|-------------|------------|
G|--------------|--------------|-------------|------------|
D|--------------|--------------|-------------|-4--5--6--7-|
A|-0-4--5--6--7-|-0-4--5--6--7-|0-4--5--6--7-|------------|
E|--------------|--------------|-------------|------------|
   break it yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah girl.      C'mon, baby!
 
e|--------------|--------------|-------------|------------|
B|--------------|--------------|-------------|------------|
G|--------------|--------------|-------------|------------|
D|--------------|--------------|-------------|-4--5--6--7-|
A|-0-4--5--6--7-|-0-4--5--6--7-|0-4--5--6--7-|------------|
E|--------------|--------------|-------------|------------|
        Hey! Uh Hey, Uh Hey...... in the U. S. A. ........
e|--------------|--------------|-------------|------------|
B|--------------|--------------|-------------|------------|
G|--------------|--------------|-------------|------------|
D|--------------|--------------|-------------|-4--5--6--7-|
A|-0-4--5--6--7-|-0-4--5--6--7-|0-4--5--6--7-|------------|
E|--------------|--------------|-------------|------------|
  ......baby, yeah...
 
e|--------------|--------------|-------------|------------|
B|--------------|--------------|-------------|------------|
G|--------------|--------------|-------------|------------|
D|--------------|--------------|-------------|-4--5--6--7-|
A|-0-4--5--6--7-|-0-4--5--6--7-|0-4--5--6--7-|------------|
E|--------------|--------------|-------------|------------|
 
[Outro (played over the above tab or below chords)]
 
[----Background vocals----------]  [---Steve Miller lead vocals----]
Am           Bm/A     Am7
Doot doo doo doo doot doot do...
Livin' in the U.  S.  A. .......   ...(don't worry about me, babe)
 
Am           Bm/A     Am7
Doot doo doo doo doot doot do...
Livin' in the U.  S.  A. .......   ...(Livin' in the U. S. A.)
 
Am           Bm/A     Am7
Doot doo doo doo doot doot do...
Livin' in the U.  S.  A. .......   ...(I've got to be free)
 
Am           Bm/A     Am7
Doot doo doo doo doot doot do...   ...(Come on, try it, you can buy it, you can leave it
Livin' in the U.  S.  A. .......   ...next week, yeah......)
 
Am           Bm/A     Am7
Doot doo doo doo doot doot do...
Livin' in the U.  S.  A. .......   ...(Somebody gimme a cheeseburger, oh......)
Am           Bm/A     Am7
Doot doo doo doo doot doot do...
Livin' in the U.  S.  A. .......   ...(Come on, babe)
 
Am           Bm/A     Am7
Doot doo doo doo doot doot do...
Livin' in the U.  S.  A. .......   ...(Oh yeah, hey, hey......)
 
(repeat to fade)
 
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