Pink Houses
[Intro]
E A E (x4)
When you're doing the intro, just let off the A string for that Johnny Cougar feel...
[Verse]
E
There's a black man, with a black cat
E
Living
in a black neighborhood
He's got a
E
interstate running through his front yard
You know he th
D
inks
he's....g
A
ot
it so go
E
od.
And there's a
E
woman,
in the kitchen,
E
cleaning
up the evening slop
And he lo
D
oks
at 'er and says
Hey Darli
A
n'
I remember when you could
E
,
stop a clock
[Chorus]
But ain't that Amer
A
ica,
for you and
E
me
Ain't that Americ
A
a,
somethin' to se
E
e
baby
Ain't that Americ
A
a,
home of the fre
B
e
Little Pink Houses for y
A
ou
and me, yeah for you and m
E
e
E A E (x2)
[Verse 2]
Now there's a
E
young
man, in a t-shirt,
E
listening
to a rock and rollin' station
He's got
E
greasy hair and a, greasy smile,
he says "
D
Lord
this must
A
be my destinat
E
ion"
Cause he t
E
old
me, when I was younger, sayin' "
E
Boy
ya gonna be President"
But just like e
D
verything
else, those c
A
razy
dreams, kinda came and
E
went
[Chorus]
But ain't that Amer
A
ica,
for you and
E
me
Ain't that Americ
A
a,
somethin' to se
E
e
baby
Ain't that Americ
A
a,
home of the fre
B
e
Little Pink Houses for y
A
ou
and me, yeah for you and m
E
e
[Instrumental]
E A E (x3)
D A E (x4)
[Verse 3]
Now there's p
E
eople,
and more people,
E
and what do they know know know
E
Go to work in some high-rise, and va
D
cation
down at the
A
Gulf
of Mexi
E
co!
(ooooh yeah)
And there's w
E
inners,
and there's losers,
E
but that ain't no big deal
Cause the
D
simple
man, baby, pays for
A
thrills,
with bills, and
E
pills
that kill
[Chorus]
Ah, but ain't that Amer
A
ica,
for you and
E
me
Ain't that Americ
A
a,
somethin' to se
E
e
baby
Ain't that Americ
A
a,
home of the fre
B
e
Little Pink Houses for y
A
ou
and me, ooooh
E
Ain't that Amer
A
ica,
for you and
E
me
Ain't that Americ
A
a,
somethin' to se
E
e
baby
Ain't that Americ
A
a,
home of the fre
B
e
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
A
yeah,
Little Pink Houses for you and m
E
e
E A E (x4)