Back In The USA:Chuck Berry.
Recorded in 1959.
INTRO: D#
G# D#
Uh, huh, huh..oh, yeah...uh, huh, huh..oh, yeah..
A#
Uh, huh, huh..oh, yeah.
D#
Whoa, yeah..whoa, yeah.
#1.
D#
Oh, well, oh well, I feel so good today,
(uh, huh, huh..oh, yeah.)
G# D#
we just touched ground on an international runway..
(uh, huh, huh..oh, yeah.)
A# G# D#
jet-propelled back home, from over the seas to the U. S. A.
(Whoa, yeah..whoa, yeah.)
#2.
D#
New York, Los Angeles, oh, how I yearned for you.
(Ah, ha, ha, hoo-hah.)
G# D#
Detroit, Chicago, Chattanooga, Baton Rouge..
(Ah, ha, ha, hoo-hah.)
A# G# D#
let alone just to be at my home back in ol' St. Lou.
(Hoo-Hah..hoo-hah.)
(INTERLUDE:PIANO)
D#
Uh, huh, huh..yea, yeah...uh, huh, huh..yea, yeah..
G# D#
Uh, huh, huh..yea, yeah..uh, huh, huh..yea, yeah.
A# D# A#
Uh, huh, huh..yea, yea, yeah..yeah, yeah.
#3.
D#
Did I miss the skyscrapers, did I miss the long freeway?
(uh, huh, huh..oh, yeah.)
G# D#
From the coast of California to the shores of Delaware Bay.
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(uh, huh, huh..oh, yeah.)
A# G# D#
You can bet your life I did, till I got back to the U. S. A.
(Whoa, yeah..whoa, yeah.)
(INTERLUDE:) D#
G#
(Uh, huh, huh..yea, yea, yea, yeah.)
D#
(Uh, huh, huh..yea, yea, yea, yeah.)
A#
(Uh, huh, huh..yea, yea, yea, yeah.)
D#
(Yea, yea, yea, yeah.)
#4.
D#
Looking hard for a drive-in, searching for a corner cafe..
(Uh, huh, huh..oh, yeah.)
G# D#
where hamburgers sizzle on an open grill night and day.
(Uh, huh, huh..oh, yeah.)
A# G# D#
Yeah, and a juke-box jumping with records like in the U.S.A.
(Whoa, yeah..whoa, yeah.)
#4.
D#
Well, I'm so glad I'm livin' in the U.S.A.
(Yea, yea..a-yea, yea, yea, yeah.)
G# D#
Yes, I'm so glad I'm livin' in the U.S.A.
(Yea, yea..a-yea, yea, yea, yeah.)
A# G# D#
Anything you want, we got right here in the U.S.A.
(Hoo-hah..hoo-hah.)
OUTRO:
#4.
D#
Well, I'm so glad I'm livin' in the U.S.A.
(Yea, yea..a-yea, yea, yea, yeah.)
G# D#
Yes, I'm so glad I'm livin' in the U.S.A.
(Yea, yea..a-yea, yea, yea, yeah.)
A# G# D#
Anything you want, we got right here in the U.S.A. (Fade.)
(Hoo-hah..hoo-hah.)
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
