Little Pink Houses
John Cougar Mellencamp
Tuning: Standard
Chord's diagram:
G C F D
e|-3--0--1--2-|
B|-0--1--1--3-|
G|-0--0--2--2-|
D|-0--2--3--0-|
A|-2--3--3----|
E|-3-----1----|
[Intro] (Riff 1)
G C G (x4)
e|---------------------3-----3-3|----0----3---------3-3-3|
B|---------------------3-----3-3|----1----0---------3-3-3|
G|----------------0----------0-0|---------0----0----0-0-0|
D|------------------------------|----2----0--------------|
A|---------0h2------------------|----3----2--------------|
E|----3-------------------------|---------3--------------|
[Verse 1]
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Strum: DUDUUDU
G
There's a black man With a black cat
Livin' in a black neighborhood
He's got a interstate runin' through his front yard
F C G
You know he thinks he's got it so good
There's a woman In the kitchen
Cleanin' up the evenin' slop
F C
And he looks at her and says hey darlin
G
I remember when you could stop a clock
[Chorus]
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Strum: DUDUUDU
C G C
Oh but ain't America for you and me Ain't that America
G C D
Somethin' to see baby Ain't that America home of the free
C
Little pink houses for you and me
Riff 1 (x2)
[Verse 2]
G
There's a young man In a t-shirt
Listnin' to a rock n' roll station
He's got greasy hair greasy smile
F C G
He says Lord this must be my destination
Cuz they told me When i was younger
Said boy you're gonna be president
F C G
Just like everything else those old dreams kinda went away
[Chorus]
C G C
Oh well ain't that America for you and me Ain't that America
G C D
Somethin' to see baby Ain't that America home of the free
C
Little pink houses for you and me
Riff 1 (x3)
[Solo]
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Strum:DUDUUDU
F |C |G | | x4
G | |G | |
[Verse 3]
G
Well there's people And more people
But do they no,no,no
Go to work in the summer
F C G
And vacation down at the Gulf of Mexico
And there's winners And there's losers
Thinkin' no big deal Cuz the simple man baby
F C G
Pays the thrills the bills,the bills that kill
[Chorus] (x2)
C G C
Oh but ain't that America for you and me Ain't that America
G C D
Sometin' to see baby Ain't that America home of the free
C
Little pink houses for you and me
Riff 1 (x4)
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