[intro] B E [Verse] B Born down in a dead man's town The first kick I took was when I hit the ground E End up like a dog that's been beat too much Till you spend half your life just covering up [Chorus] B Born in the U.S.A., I was born in the U.S.A. E I was born in the U.S.A., born in the U.S.A. now [Verse] B Got in a little hometown jam So they put a rifle in my hand E Sent me off to a foreign land To go and kill the yellow man [Chorus] B Born in the U.S.A., I was born in the U.S.A. E I was born in the U.S.A., born in the U.S.A. now [Verse] B Come back home to the refinery Hiring man said "Son if it was up to me" E Went down to see my V.A. man He said "Son, don't you understand" [solo] B E [Verse] B I had a brother at Khe Sahn Fighting off the Viet Cong E They're still there, he's all gone B He had a woman he loved in Saigon E I got a picture of him in her arms now B Down in the shadow of the penitentiary Out by the gas fires of the refinery E I'm ten years burning down the road Nowhere to run ain't got nowhere to go [Chorus] B Born in the U.S.A., I was born in the U.S.A. E Born in the U.S.A., I'm a long gone Daddy in the U.S.A. now B Born in the U.S.A., Born in the U.S.A. E Born in the U.S.A., I'm a cool rocking Daddy in the U.S.A. now [outro] B E