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G F/Bb C 1. He put everything he owned in the blanket on his G shoulder F C G And kissed is wife with unborn child goodbye G F/Bb C G He headed down the road to the port of no return F C G To the ship that was leaving in the night bridge: Em F He had a one-way paper ticket on the freight ship heading west C D He was double-down with no chance left to stay. Em F He chewed off the last piece of moldy farmer’s bread C D and opened up the map that showed the way G F C F G To boom town USA - Goin to steel town USA F C F ... Where it’s made in USA - Goin to boom town usa 2. When he got there his new home was a room on the edge of town a board shack near the slag heap of the mill The cracks in the wall where the wind whistled in And the snow landing gently on his pillow bridge: He put a picture on that wall - of a mansion a hill, two bedrooms and a front yard for the kids He could see his wife in its window, he smelled home-made berry pie Then he dusted off the snow from around his face chorus: In boom town USA – he’s in steel town USA Where it’s made in USA – he’s in sweat shops USA (instrumental first 2 lines chords, twice) 3. At minimum wage he poured the iron that built America in the shadows of immigrant shapes of dead men working Scrapping weekends and with two jobs, paychecks in the jar To buy that empty broke-down main street corner store bridge: and two one-way paper tickets that he purchased just today sending to his wife and boy in the morning mail he can’t wait to see their faces, when they walk up to the driveway of that two-bedroom mansion on the hill chorus: He’s in boom town USA – He’s in steel town USA Where it’s made in USA - He’s in boom town USA (Instrumental 2 lines worth) (chorus) |