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            Pink Houses
John Cougar Mellencamp
Tuning: Standard
Chord diagrams:
   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]
          >
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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| h  Hammer-on
| D  Down
| U  Up
| >  Strum harder
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