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Back In The USA

Chuck Berry

Chords used in this song: D#, G#, C#
D#Chord: D#
G#Chord: G#
C#Chord: C#

Capo VII

[Intro]
G#

C#                        G#
Uh, huh, huh..oh, yeah...uh, huh, huh..oh, yeah..
D#
Uh, huh, huh..oh, yeah.
G#
Whoa, yeah..whoa, yeah.


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

(uh, huh, huh..oh, yeah.)
   C#                                          G#
we just touched ground on an international runway..

(uh, huh, huh..oh, yeah.)
D#                             C#                          G#
jet-propelled back home, from over the seas to the U. S. A.

(Whoa, yeah..whoa, yeah.)


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

(Ah, ha, ha, hoo-hah.)
C#                                    G#
Detroit, Chicago, Chattanooga, Baton Rouge..

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

(Hoo-Hah..hoo-hah.)


[Interlude]
G#
Uh, huh, huh..yea, yeah...uh, huh, huh..yea, yeah..
         C#                        G#
Uh, huh, huh..yea, yeah..uh, huh, huh..yea, yeah.
         D#                          G#    D#
Uh, huh, huh..yea, yea, yeah..yeah, yeah.


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

(uh, huh, huh..oh, yeah.)
         C#                                             G#
From the coast of California to the shores of Delaware Bay.

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

(Whoa, yeah..whoa, yeah.)


[Interlude]
 G#
 C#
(Uh, huh, huh..yea, yea, yea, yeah.)
 G#
(Uh, huh, huh..yea, yea, yea, yeah.)
 D#
(Uh, huh, huh..yea, yea, yea, yeah.)
 G#
(Yea, yea, yea, yeah.)


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

(Uh, huh, huh..oh, yeah.)
      C#                                            G#
where hamburgers sizzle on an open grill night and day.

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

(Whoa, yeah..whoa, yeah.)


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

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

(Yea, yea..a-yea, yea, yea, yeah.)
D#                         C#                     G#
Anything you want, we got right here in the U.S.A.

(Hoo-hah..hoo-hah.)


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

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

(Yea, yea..a-yea, yea, yea, yeah.)
D#                         C#                     G#
Anything you want, we got right here in the U.S.A.

(Hoo-hah..hoo-hah.)
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