Here's "Little Pink Houses". It's a fun song to play. As you listen to
the recorded version, you'll get the feel.
G-C-G (play 4 times)
When you're doing the intro, just let off the A string for that Johnny Cougar feel...
G G
There's a black man, with a black head (?)
G G
Living in a black neighborhood
G G
He's got a interstate running through his front yard
G F C G
You know he thinks he's....got it so good.
G G G
And there's a woman, in the kitchen, cleaning up the evening slop
G F
And he looks at 'er and says
C G
Hey Darlin' I remember when you could, stop a clock
C G
But ain't that America, for you and me
C G
Ain't that America, somethin' to see baby
C D
Ain't that America, home of the free
C G
Little Pink Houses for you and me, yeah for you and me
BACK TO INTRO X4
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G G G G
Now there's a young man, in a t-shirt, listening to a rock and rollin' station
G G
He's got greasy hair and a, greasy smile,
F C G
he says "Lord this must be my destination"
G G G G
I remember, when I was younger, say'n "Boy ya gonna be the President"
F C G
But just like everything else, those crazy dreams, kinda came and went
REPEAT CHORUS
REPEAT INTRO X4
VERSE 3:
G G G
Now there's people, and more people, and what do they know know know
G G F C G
Go to work in some high-rise, and vacation down at the Gulf of Mexico!!! (ooooh yeah)
G G G G
There's winners, and there's losers, but that ain't no big deal
F C G
Cause the simple man, baby, pays the bills, the thrills, the bills that kill(?)
REPEAT CHORUS
REPEAT INTRO 4 TIMES
END ON G
