John Mellencamp

[E] They come from the [A] cities

And they [D] come from the [A] smaller [E] towns, [A][D][A]

[E] beat up [A] cars with [D] guitars

And [A] drummers goin' [E] crack, [A] boom, [D] bam. [A]

[E] R. O. [A] C. K. in the [D] U. S. [A] A.

[E] R. O. [A] C. K. in the [D] U. S. [A] A

[E] R. O. [A] C. K. in the [D] U. S. [A] A, yeah, [B] yeah

Rockin' in the U. S. [E] A. [A][D][A][E][A][D][A]

[E] Said goodbye [A] to their [D] families,

Said good-[A]-bye to their [E] friends; [A][D][A]

With [E] pipedreams in their [A] heads

And [D] very little [A] money in their [E] hands. [A][D][A]

[E] Some are [A] black and [D] some are [A] white,

[E] Ain't too proud to [A] sleep on the [D] floor to-[A]-night.

With the [E] blind faith of [A] Jesus,

You [D] know that [A] they just [B] might

Be rockin in the US-[E]-A [A][D][A]

[E] R. O. [A] C. K. in the [D] U. S. [A] A.

[E] R. O. [A] C. K. in the [D] U. S. [A] A

[E] R. O. [A] C. K. in the [D] U. S. [A] A, yeah, [B] yeah

Rockin' in the U. S. [E] A. [A][D][A][E][A][D][A]

[E] Voices from [A] nowhere

And [D] voices from the [A] larger [E] towns [A][D][A]

Filled our [E] head full of [A] dreams,

[D] Turned our [A] world [E] up-[A]-side [D] down [A]

There was [E] Frankie Lymon, [A] Bobby Fuller,

[D] Mitch Ryder [A] (they were rockin')

[E] Jackie Wilson, [A] Shangrilas,

[D] Young Rascals [E] (they were rockin')

[E] Spotlight on [A] Martha [D] Reeves,

And don't for-[A]-get James [B] Brown.

Rockin' in the US-[E]-A. [A] Hey! [D][A][E][A][D][A]

[E] R. O. [A] C. K. in the [D] U. S. [A] A.

[E] R. O. [A] C. K. in the [D] U. S. [A] A

[E] R. O. [A] C. K. in the [D] U. S. [A] A, yeah, [B] yeah

Rockin' in the U. S. [E] A. [A][D][A][E][A][D][A]