Made In America by Richie Sambora

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Transcribe by: King Zeppelin I of UG
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1 , 2 , 3 , 4

C G C G D x2

G Em C D x2

G	 Em	  C		  D
 Made in America, Nineten fifteen nine

G		 Em	    C			  D
Born down by the factories, Cross the Jersey City line

G	   Em		  C	D
Raised on radio, Just a jukebox kid

G	  Em	C	D
I was alright

G		  Em		C	 D
Just a small town homeboy, With big time dreams

G		Em	   	C	      D
Foollowing his conscience, In a world full of extremes

G	     Em		 C		D
Fresh outta high school, Only seventeen

G	  Em
I was alright

Riff 1
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Am
Blinded by my vision

Riff 2
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There ws just no turning back

G		    G/F#
Lika a runaway train

Em
Life was steaming down the track

Am
You\'d say I\'d never make it out

Riff 2
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But I kept on hanging on

Am
Every night I prayed to Jesus, And held my head up strong

G	Em	C	      D
I was alright, I landed on my feet

G 	Em	 C			  D
Made in America, I was brought up on the street

G            Em		   C			  D
My old man\'s independence, Seemed good enough for me

G	       Em	C	D
I was made in America

G	Em
Made in America..

C G C G D x1 (As Intro)

G			Em	 C		  D
Never cared much about politics, Til I was twenty one

G		   Em	   C			    D
But I woke up when Lennon, Found the wrong end of a gun

G	    Em		 C		D
He left his inspiration, Before he said goodbye

G	    Em
And we were alright


Riff 1
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Am
We all lose our innocence


Riff 2
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It\'s impossible to hold

G		      G/F#
I didn\'t know it then,

	Em
I had a pocket full of gold

Am
When I kissed those younger days goodbye

Riff 2
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It almost broke my heart

Am
I was going through my growing pains, I was driving in the dark

    G	Em	C	      D
But I was alright, I landed on my feet

G 	Em	 C			  D
Made in America, I was brought up on the street

G		 Em	  C		      D
I\'m facing up to freedom, And chasing down my dream

G	      Em	C	D
I was made in America

G 		   Em
Yeah I was made in America

C G C G D x1 (As Intro)

SOLO (Chords C G C G D to begin with, then the regular G Em C D pattern - I don\'t 
in transcribing solos really, so I\'m not going to, however, it\'s all in Em so feel free to 
away.)

C G C G D x1 (As Intro)

Am
Yeah we all lose our innocence

Riff 2
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It\'s impossible to hold

G		      G/F#
I didn\'t know it then,

	Em
I had a pocket full of gold

Am
When they said I\'d never make it

Riff 2
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I just kept on hanging on

Am
And every night I prayed to Jesus, And I held my head up strong

    G	Em	C	      D
And I was alright, I landed on my feet

G 	Em	 C			  D
Made in America, I was brought up on the street

G		 Em	  C		      D
Facing up to who I am, chasing down my dream

G	      Em	C	D
I was made in America

G 		   Em		C	D
Yeah I was made in America

G	Em
Made in America..

C G C G D x3 (As Intro)

(After this there are some improvised vocals, the arpeggios at the very end are of D and 
song is in Em so if you wish to work this last bit out for yourself, go ahead, they 
part of the main song though and they aren\'t done live, which is why I\'m not tabbing them.)

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