YMCA

 

    D – D – D – D7

 

       G    

1. Young man, there's no need to feel down,

               Em

    I said, young man, pick yourself off the ground,

                C      

    I said, young man, 'cause you're in a new town,

                      D7   \   \    \    \     \

    there's no need to be unhappy.

 

       G  

2. Young man, there's a place you can go,

               Em

    I said, young man, when you're short on your dough,

                    C 

    you can stay there, and I'm sure you will find

               D7   \     \     \     \       \

    many ways to have a good time.

    - - - - - - - - - - - - - -   G                                             Em

    It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A, it's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.

                      Am

    They have everything for young men to enjoy,

                    D7

    you can hang out with all the boys.

                                     G                                              Em

    It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A, it's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.

                  Am

    You can get yourself cleaned, you can have a good meal,

                  D7    

    you can do whatever you feel.

 

       G

3. Young man, are you listening to me?

               Em

    I said, young man, what do you want to be?

                C

    I said, young man, you can make real your dreams,

                 D7 \      \      \     \        \

    but you got to know this one thing!

 

 

 

 

 

 

    G

4. No man does it all by himself,

               Em

    I said, young man, put your pride on the shelf,

                  C                                                      D7  \      \       \     \   \

    and just go there, to the Y-M-C-A, I'm sure they can help you today.

    - - - - - - - - - - - - - -   G                                             Em

    It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A, it's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A,

                     Am

    they have everything for young men to enjoy,

                   D7

    you can hang out with all the boys.

                                     G                                             Em

    It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A, it's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.

                  Am

    You can get yourself cleaned, you can have a good meal,

                  D7

    you can do whatever you feel.

 

      G

5. Young man, I was once in your shoes,

             Em

    I said, I was down and out with the blues,

            C                                                   D7      \       \       \     \    \

    I felt no man cared if I were alive, I felt the whole world was so tight.

 

       G

6. That's when someone came up to me,

                    Em

    and said, young man, take a walk up the street,

                     C

    there's a place there called the Y-M-C-A,

                    D7    \      \     \      \       \

    they can start you back on your way.

   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  G                                             Em            a – D7

    It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A, it's fun to stay at the  Y-M-C-A ..

 

    G – Em - Am – D7   G – Em - Am – D7   G – Em - Am – D7     - D

 

    (The Village People)