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Back In The USA

Chuck Berry

Chords used in this song: F#, B, E
F#Chord: F#
BChord: B
EChord: E

Capo IV

[Intro]
B

E                        B
Uh, huh, huh..oh, yeah...uh, huh, huh..oh, yeah..
F#
Uh, huh, huh..oh, yeah.
B
Whoa, yeah..whoa, yeah.


[Verse]
B
Oh, well, oh well, I feel so good today,

(uh, huh, huh..oh, yeah.)
   E                                          B
we just touched ground on an international runway..

(uh, huh, huh..oh, yeah.)
F#                             E                          B
jet-propelled back home, from over the seas to the U. S. A.

(Whoa, yeah..whoa, yeah.)


[Verse]
B
New York, Los Angeles, oh, how I yearned for you.

(Ah, ha, ha, hoo-hah.)
E                                    B
Detroit, Chicago, Chattanooga, Baton Rouge..

(Ah, ha, ha, hoo-hah.)
    F#                      E                    B
let alone just to be at my home back in ol' St. Lou.

(Hoo-Hah..hoo-hah.)


[Interlude]
B
Uh, huh, huh..yea, yeah...uh, huh, huh..yea, yeah..
         E                        B
Uh, huh, huh..yea, yeah..uh, huh, huh..yea, yeah.
         F#                          B    F#
Uh, huh, huh..yea, yea, yeah..yeah, yeah.


[Verse]
B
Did I miss the skyscrapers, did I miss the long freeway?

(uh, huh, huh..oh, yeah.)
         E                                             B
From the coast of California to the shores of Delaware Bay.

(uh, huh, huh..oh, yeah.)
        F#                           E                     B
You can bet your life I did, till I got back to the U. S. A.

(Whoa, yeah..whoa, yeah.)


[Interlude]
 B
 E
(Uh, huh, huh..yea, yea, yea, yeah.)
 B
(Uh, huh, huh..yea, yea, yea, yeah.)
 F#
(Uh, huh, huh..yea, yea, yea, yeah.)
 B
(Yea, yea, yea, yeah.)


[Verse]
B
Looking hard for a drive-in, searching for a corner cafe..

(Uh, huh, huh..oh, yeah.)
      E                                            B
where hamburgers sizzle on an open grill night and day.

(Uh, huh, huh..oh, yeah.)
            F#                     E                       B
Yeah, and a juke-box jumping with records like in the U.S.A.

(Whoa, yeah..whoa, yeah.)


[Verse]
B
Well, I'm so glad I'm livin' in the U.S.A.

(Yea, yea..a-yea, yea, yea, yeah.)
     E                                 B
Yes, I'm so glad I'm livin' in the U.S.A.

(Yea, yea..a-yea, yea, yea, yeah.)
F#                         E                     B
Anything you want, we got right here in the U.S.A.

(Hoo-hah..hoo-hah.)


[Verse]
B
Well, I'm so glad I'm livin' in the U.S.A.

(Yea, yea..a-yea, yea, yea, yeah.)
     E                                 B
Yes, I'm so glad I'm livin' in the U.S.A.

(Yea, yea..a-yea, yea, yea, yeah.)
F#                         E                     B
Anything you want, we got right here in the U.S.A.

(Hoo-hah..hoo-hah.)
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