Biografía:
En su infancia, Mellencamp sufrió una serie de contratiempos, incluyendo una larga hospitalización por un trastorno llamado espina bífida. Pronto surgió la rebeldía; carácter difícil, borracheras, peleas, y problemas con las autoridades. Reunió su primer grupo a los 14. A los 17 se fugó con Pricilla Esterlina, su novia embarazada y buscó trabajos ordinarios; a los 24 se mudó a Nueva York para intentar entrar en el negocio discográfico
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¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
G-C-G (play 4 times)
G G
There's a black man with a black head
G G
Living in a black neighborhood
G G
He's got a interstate running through his front yard
G F C G
You know he thinks he's got it so good
G G G
And there's a woman in the kitchen cleaning up the evening slop
G F
And he looks at 'er and says
C G
Hey Darlin' I remember when you could stop a clock
C G
But ain't that America for you and me
C G
Ain't that America somethin' to see baby
C D
Ain't that America home of the free
C G
Little Pink Houses for you and me yeah for you and me
BACK TO INTRO X
G G G G
Now there's a young man in a t-shirt listening to a rock and rollin' station
G G
He's got greasy hair and a greasy smile
F C G
he says Lord this must be my destination
G G G G
I remember when I was younger say'n Boy ya gonna be the President
F C G
But just like everything else those crazy dreams kinda came and went
REPEAT CHORUS
REPEAT INTRO X4
VERSE 3:
G G G
Now there's people and more people and what do they know know know
G G F C G
Go to work in some high-rise and vacation down at the Gulf of Mexico ooooh yeah
G G G G
There's winners and there's losers but that ain't no big deal
F C G
Cause the simple man baby pays the bills the thrills the bills that kill
John Fred And Hi (...)
John Frusciante
John Goodwin
John Henry Hopki (...)
John Hiatt