Pink Houses Chord Chart by John Mellencamp
Welcome to my Pink Houses chord chart and guitar lesson by John Mellencamp. This is a great song and fortunately the chords can be made pretty simple.
This song does feature one barre chord, the F chord, but we can make that easier for those of you that hate barre chords by using the F major 7 chord instead below.
PINK HOUSES CHORDS:
As with any song that uses the pesky F barre chord, you can always use the Fmaj chord as a substitute.
PINK HOUSES STRUMMING PATTERNS:
Easy Strumming Pattern:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
DU DU DU DU
Other Strumming Pattern:
1 + 2+ 3 + 4+
DU U U DU
The split measure rhythms are hopped, meaning in the |C G| and |F C| measures, the second chord changes1 on an up strum.
Intro Lick Over G chord: e|---------------------3----| B|---------------------3----| G|----------------0----0----| D|---------------------0----| A|---------0h2---------2----| E|----3----------------3----|PINK HOUSES CHORDS CHART
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Intro: G |C G| x4
Verse:
G G G G
There's a black man with a black cat livin' in a black neighborhood
G G
He's got an interstate runnin' through his front yard
| F C| G G
You know he thinks that he's got it so good
G G G G
And there's a woman in the kitchen cleanin' up the evenin' slop
F C
And he looks at her and says, "Hey darlin', I can remember when
G G
you could stop a clock."
Chorus:
C G C
Oh but ain't America for you and me Ain't that America
G C D D
Somethin' to see baby Ain't that America home of the free
C C
Little pink houses for you and me
G |C G| x2
Verse:
G G G G
There’s a young man in a t-shirt Listenin' to a rock n' roll station
G G
He's got greasy hair greasy smile
|F C| G G
He says Lord this must be my destination
G G G G
Cuz they told me When I was younger Said boy you're gonna be president
F C G G
Just like everything else those old crazy dreams kinda went away
Chorus:
C G C
Oh but ain't America for you and me Ain't that America
G C D D
Somethin' to see baby Ain't that America home of the free
C C
Little pink houses for you and me
G |C G| x3
Solo:
F C G G x4
G G
Chorus:
G G G G
Well there's people And more people What do they know, know, know
G G
Go to work in some highrise
| F C| G G
And vacation down at the Gulf of Mexico
G G G G
And there's winners And there's losers Thinkin' no big deal
F C G G
Cuz the simple man baby Pays the thrills the bills, the bills that kill
Chorus:
C G C
Oh but ain't America for you and me Ain't that America
G C D D
Somethin' to see baby Ain't that America home of the free
C C G G
Little pink houses for you and me Oooo
C G C
Oh but ain't America for you and me Ain't that America
G C D D
Somethin' to see baby Ain't that America home of the free Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
C C
Yeah Little pink houses for you and me
G |C G| X4
This file is the author’s own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It’s intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.