Pink Houses
John Mellencamp

John Mellencamp
Uh Huh
1983

I grabbed Mellencamp's Greatest Hits from BMG the other
day, and realized that John did do a bit of acoustic stuff.
This is one of my favorite Mellencamp tunes.

Lyrics

INTRO:

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LYRICS:

play intro

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There's a black man with a black cat
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Livin' in a black neighborhood
            G
He's got an interstate runnin' through his front yard
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You know he thinks he's got it so good
             G
And there's a woman in the kitchen
G
Cleanin' up the evenin' slop
            F
And he looks at her and says "hey darlin'
C                               G
   I can remember when you could stop a clock"

CHORUS
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Oh but ain't that America for you and me
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Ain't that America somethin' to see baby
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Ain't that America home of the free yeah
                       C
Little pink houses for you and me
C
Oh yeah for you and me

play 1st line of intro


Well there's a young man in a T-shirt
Listenin' to a rock n' roll station
He's got greasy hair and a greasy smile
He says "Lord this must be my destination"
'Cause they told me when I was younger
Sayin' "Boy you're gonna be president"
But just like everything else those old crazy dreams
Just kinda came and went


CHORUS
Oh yeah baby for you and me

GUITAR SOLO
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Well there's people and more people
What do they know know know
Go to work in some high rise
And vacation down at the Gulf of Mexico ooh yeah
And there's winners and there's losers
But they ain't no big deal
'Cause the simple man baby pays for the thrills the bills
And the pills that kill


CHORUS
Ooh

CHORUS
Ooh yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Little pink houses baby for you and me

play intro and end on G