{"id":200,"date":"2024-07-12T03:03:23","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T03:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/music.lukespeers.com\/?page_id=200"},"modified":"2024-07-12T03:24:52","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T03:24:52","slug":"pink-houses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/music.lukespeers.com\/?page_id=200","title":{"rendered":"Pink Houses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

https:\/\/tabs.ultimate-guitar.com\/tab\/john-mellencamp\/pink-houses-chords-75970<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Intro]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

G C G (x4)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Verse]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

G
There’s a black man, with a black cat
G
Living in a black neighborhood
G
He’s got a interstate running through his front yard
F C G
You know he thinks he’s\u2026.got it so good.
G G
And there’s a woman, in the kitchen, cleaning up the evening slop
F
And he looks at ‘er and says
C G
Hey Darlin’ I remember when you could, stop a clock<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Chorus]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

               C                G<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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
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C G
Little Pink Houses for you and me, yeah for you and me<\/p>\n\n\n\n
G C G (x2)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
[Verse 2]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
          G                        G<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Now there’s a young man, in a t-shirt, listening to a rock and rollin’ station
G
He’s got greasy hair and a, greasy smile,
F C G
he says “Lord this must be my destination”
G G
Cause he told me, when I was younger, sayin’ “Boy ya gonna be President”
F C G
But just like everything else, those crazy dreams, kinda came and went<\/p>\n\n\n\n
[Chorus]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
               C                G<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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<\/p>\n\n\n\n
[Instrumental]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
G C G (x3)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
F C G (x4)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
[Verse 3]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
         G                      G<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Now there’s people, and more people, and what do they know know know
G F C G
Go to work in some high-rise, and vacation down at the Gulf of Mexico! (ooooh yeah)
G G
And there’s winners, and there’s losers, but that ain’t no big deal
F C G
Cause the simple man, baby, pays for thrills, with bills, and pills that kill<\/p>\n\n\n\n
[Chorus]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
                   C                G<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Ah, but ain’t that America, for you and me
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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, ooooh<\/p>\n\n\n\n
           C                G<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, Little Pink Houses for you and me<\/p>\n\n\n\n
G C G (x4)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
https:\/\/tabs.ultimate-guitar.com\/tab\/john-mellencamp\/pink-houses-chords-75970 [Intro] G C G (x4) [Verse] GThere’s a black man, with a black catGLiving in a black neighborhoodGHe’s got a interstate running through his front yardF C GYou know he thinks he’s\u2026.got it so good.G GAnd there’s a woman, in the kitchen, cleaning up the evening slopFAnd he looks at ‘er and saysC GHey … Continue reading Pink Houses<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":108,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-200","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/music.lukespeers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/music.lukespeers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/music.lukespeers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/music.lukespeers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/music.lukespeers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=200"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/music.lukespeers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":203,"href":"https:\/\/music.lukespeers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/200\/revisions\/203"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/music.lukespeers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/music.lukespeers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}