Pink Houses

Intro : G, C ( 4 times)

G

There's a black man with a black cat living in a black neighborhood.

He's got an interstate running through his front yard.

F C G

You know he thinks he's got it so good

G

And there's a woman in the kitchen cleaning up the evening slop.

F

And he looks at her and says, "Hey darlin'

C G

I can remember when you could stop a clock"

Chorus

G C G

Oh but ain't that America for you and me

C G

Ain't that America something to see baby

C D

Aint that America home of the free

C

Little pink houses for you and me ( Enter Drums )

( G,C,G,C 2 times)

G

Well there's a young man in a tee-shirt

listening to a rockin' rollin' station

He's got greasy hair and a greasy smile he says,

F C G

"Lord this must be my destination"

Cause they told me when I was younger,

"Boy you're gonna be president"

F C

But just like everything else those old crazy dreams

G

just kinda came and went

Chorus

( OH BABY FOR YOU AND ME ) ( G, C, G, C, G, C,

( F, C, G, F, C, G, F, C, G, F, C, G)

G

Well there's people and more people what do they know

F C G

Go to work in some high rise and vacation down at the Gulf of Mexico

G

And there's winners and there's losers

But they aint no big deal

F C

Because the simple man baby pays for the thrills, the bills,

G

the pills that kill

Chorus ( Repeat Twice)

( G, C - 4 times ) ooooh yeah..... oooooh yeah.....