| f | Kids in America | f | Kids in America |
| Kim Wilde | | Kim Wilde |
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| Intro: | | Intro: |
| [A] [A] [A] [A] | | [A] [A] [A] [A] |
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| Verse 1: | | Verse 1: |
| [A] Looking out a dirty old window | | [A] Looking out a dirty old window |
| Down below the cars in the city go [G] rushing by | | Down below the cars in the city go [G] rushing by |
| I [F] sit here a[G]lone and I [D] wonder why | | I [F] sit here a[G]lone and I [D] wonder why |
| [A] Friday night and everyone's moving | | [A] Friday night and everyone's moving |
| I can feel the heat but it's shooting [G] heading down | | I can feel the heat but it's shooting [G] heading down |
| I [F] search for the [G] beat in this [D] dirty town | | I [F] search for the [G] beat in this [D] dirty town |
| n | (Down town the young ones are going) | n | {blue}(Down town the young ones are going){/blue} |
| [E] Down town the young ones are growing | | [E] Down town the young ones are growing |
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| |Chorus: | | |Chorus: |
| |[F] We're the kids in A[C]merica (Whoa-oh) | | |[F] We're the kids in A[C]merica (Whoa-oh) |
| |[F] We're the kids in A[C]merica (Whoa-oh) | | |[F] We're the kids in A[C]merica (Whoa-oh) |
| |[F] Everybody [G] live for the music-go-[A]round | | |[F] Everybody [G] live for the music-go-[A]round |
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| Verse 2: | | Verse 2: |
| [A] Bright lights the music gets faster | | [A] Bright lights the music gets faster |
| Look boy, don't check on your watch, not a[G]nother glance | | Look boy, don't check on your watch, not a[G]nother glance |
| I'm [F] not leaving [G] now, honey [D] not a chance | | I'm [F] not leaving [G] now, honey [D] not a chance |
| [A] Hot-shot, give me no problems | | [A] Hot-shot, give me no problems |
| Much later baby you'll be saying [G] never mind | | Much later baby you'll be saying [G] never mind |
| You [F] know life is [G] cruel, life is [D] never kind | | You [F] know life is [G] cruel, life is [D] never kind |
| n | (Kind hearts don't make a new story) | n | {blue}(Kind hearts don't make a new story){/blue} |
| [E] Kind hearts don't grab any glory | | [E] Kind hearts don't grab any glory |
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| Chorus: | | Chorus: |
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| Bridge: | | Bridge: |
| [A] Na na na [C] na-na na-na | | [A] Na na na [C] na-na na-na |
| [G] Na na na [F] na-na na (Sing!) | | [G] Na na na [F] na-na na (Sing!) |
| [A] Na na na [C] na-na na-na | | [A] Na na na [C] na-na na-na |
| [G] Na na na [F] na-na naaaaaaa [F-G] | | [G] Na na na [F] na-na naaaaaaa [F-G] |
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| Verse 3: | | Verse 3: |
| [A] Come closer, honey that's better | | [A] Come closer, honey that's better |
| Got to get a brand new experience [G] feeling right | | Got to get a brand new experience [G] feeling right |
| Oh [F] don't try to [G] stop baby [D] hold me tight | | Oh [F] don't try to [G] stop baby [D] hold me tight |
| [A] Outside a new day is dawning | | [A] Outside a new day is dawning |
| Outside suburbia’s sprawling [G] everywhere | | Outside suburbia’s sprawling [G] everywhere |
| I [F] don't want to [G] go baby... [D] New York to East California | | I [F] don't want to [G] go baby... [D] New York to East California |
| [E] There's a new wave coming I warn you | | [E] There's a new wave coming I warn you |
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| |Chorus: | | |Chorus: |
| n | |[F] We're the kids in A[C]merica (Whoa-oh) | n | |[F] We're the kids in A[C]merica {blue}(Whoa-oh) {/blue} |
| |[F] We're the kids in A[C]merica (Whoa-oh) | | |[F] We're the kids in A[C]merica {blue}(Whoa-oh){/blue} |
| |[F] Everybody [G] live for the music-go-[A]round | | |[F] Everybody [G] live for the music-go-[A]round |
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| Outro: | | Outro: |
| [A] Na na na [C] na-na na-na | | [A] Na na na [C] na-na na-na |
| t | [G] Na na na [F] na-na na (Sing!) | t | [G] Na na na [F] na-na na {blue}(Sing!){/blue} |
| [A] Na na na [C] na-na na-na | | [A] Na na na [C] na-na na-na |
| [G] Na na na [F] na-na naaaaaaa [F-G] | | [G] Na na na [F] na-na naaaaaaa [F-G] |
| [A] We're the kids | | [A] We're the kids |
| [C] We're the kids | | [C] We're the kids |
| [G] We're the kids in A[F]merica | | [G] We're the kids in A[F]merica |
| [A] We're the kids | | [A] We're the kids |
| [C] We're the kids | | [C] We're the kids |
| [G] We're the kids in A[F]merica | | [G] We're the kids in A[F]merica |
| [A - Single Strum] | | [A - Single Strum] |