Little Pink Houses Chords & Tabs
Little Pink Houses Chords
Little Pink Houses
John Cougar Mellencamp
Tuning: Standard
Chords
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---
D:Down
U:Up
>:Strum harder
Intro (Riff 1)
G C G x4
e---------------------333|----0----3---------333|
b---------------------333|----1----0---------333|
g----------------0-----00|----0----0---------000|
d------------------------|----2----0------------|
a---------0h2------------|----3----2------------|
e----3-------------------|---------3------------|
Verse 1 >
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 >
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
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/john_cougar_mellencamp/little_pink_houses_crd_ver_2.html ]
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
ENJOY!!!