Youngstown
By: Bruce Springsteen
Verse I
Dm
Here in north east Ohio, back in eighteen-o-three
C
James and Danny Heaton found the ore
Dm
That was linin' yellow creek
Dm
They built a blast furnace, here along the shore
C
And they made the cannon balls,
Dm
That helped the union win the war
[Chorus]
C
Here in Youngstown
Dm
Here in Youngstown
F C
My sweet Jenny, I'm sinkin' down
Dm
Here darlin' in Youngstown
Verse II
Dm
Well my daddy worked the furnaces.
Kept 'em hotter then hell
C
I come home from 'Nam worked my way to Scarfer.
Dm
A job that'd suit the devil as well
Dm
Yeah, taconite, coke and limestone,
Fed my children and made my pay.
C
Then smokestacks reachin' like the arms of God,
Dm
Into a beautiful sky of soot and clay
[Chorus]
C
Here in Youngstown
Dm
Here in Youngstown
F C
My sweet Jenny, I'm sinkin' down
Dm
Here darlin' in Youngstown
Verse III
F C
Well my daddy come on the Ohio works,
Dm
When he come home from world war two
Dm C
Now the yards just scrap and rubble. He said,
Dm
"Them big boys did what Hitler couldn't do"
F C
These mills they built the tanks and bombs,
Dm
That won this countries wars.
C
We sent our sons to Korea and Vietnam,
Dm
Now were wondering what they were dyin' for
[Chorus]
C
Here in Youngstown
Dm
Here in Youngstown
F C
My sweet Jenny, I'm sinkin' down
Dm
Here darlin' in Youngstown
Verse IV
Dm
From the Monongahela valley,
To the Mesabi iron range
C
To the coal mines of Appalachia,
Dm
The story's always the same
Dm
Seven-hundred tons of metal a day,
Now Sir you tell me the world's changed
C
Once I made you rich enough,
Dm
Rich enough to forget my name
[Chorus]
C
Here in Youngstown
Dm
Here in Youngstown
F C
My sweet Jenny, I'm sinkin' down
Dm
Here darlin' in Youngstown
Verse V
F C
When I die I don't want no part of heaven.
Dm
I would not do heavens work well
C
I pray the devil comes and takes me to stand,
Dm
In the fiery furnaces of hell
[Outro]
Played the same as the chorus:
C Dm F C Dm
