Kim Wilde, Kids In America (1981)
^{Key: :[B] (w: Marty Wilde, Ricky Wilde)}

VERSE 1:
[B] Looking out a dirty old window
Down below the cars in the city go [A] rushing by
I [G] sit here a-[A]-lone and I [E] wonder why

VERSE 2:
[B] Friday night and everyone's moving
I can fell the heat but it's shooting [A] heading down
I [G] search for the [A] beat in this [E] dirty town

PRE-CHORUS 1:
[E] Downtown the young ones are going
[F#] Downtown the young ones are growing

CHORUS:
[G] We're the kids in A-[D]-merica
[G] We're the kids in A-[D]-merica
[G] Everybody [A] live for the music-go-[B]-round

VERSE 3:
[B] Bright lights the music gets faster
Look boy, don't check on your watch, not an-[A]-other glance
I'm [G] not leaving [A] now, honey [E] not a chance

VERSE 4:
[B] Hot-shot, give me no problems
Much later baby you'll be saying [A] never mind
You [G] know life is [A] cruel, life is [E] never kind

PRE-CHORUS 2:
[E] Kind hearts don't make a new story
[F#] Kind hearts don't grab any glory

REPEAT CHORUS:

BRIDGE:
[B] Na Na [D] [A] [G]
[B] Na Na [D] [A] [G] [A]

VERSE 5:
[B] Come closer, honey that's better
Got to get a brand new experience [A] feeling right
Oh [G] don't try to [A] stop, baby [E] hold me tight

VERSE 6:
[B] Outside a new day is dawning
Outside Suburbia's sprawling [A] everywhere
I [G] don't want to [A] go, baby

PRE-CHORUS 3:
[E] New York to East California
[F#] There's a new wave coming I warn you

REPEAT CHORUS:

REPEAT BRIDGE:

BREAK: [B] [G] [E] // [B] [G] [E]

OUTRO:
[B] We're the kids, [G] we're the kids
[E] we're the kids in America
[B] We're the kids, [G] we're the kids
[E] we're the kids in America
[B] We're the kids, [G] we're the kids
[E] we're the kids in America