What key is "Born in the USA" by Bruce Springsteen in?

This ukulele tab is in the key of B Major.

What is the easiest key to play "Born in the USA" by Bruce Springsteen on ukulele?

The easiest key to play "Born in the USA" on ukulele is C Major. Transpose this tab +1 half steps from the original key of B Major.

What ukulele chords does "Born in the USA" use?

This tab uses these chords: B, E.

Is "Born in the USA" a good ukulele song for beginners?

UkeBuddy rates this arrangement as Intermediate difficulty for ukulele.

Born in the USA Intermediate chords
Bruce Springsteen

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Intro

^B ^B ^E ^E

Verse 1

^B Born down in a dead man's town

The first kick I took was when I hit the ground

^EEnd up like a dog that's been beat too much

Till you spend half your life just covering up, now

Chorus

^B Born in the USA, I was born in the USA, I was

^E Born in the USA, born in the USA now

Verse 2

^B Got in a little hometown jam

So they put a rifle in my hand

^E Sent me off to a foreign land

^B Come back home to the refinery

To go and kill the yellow man

Chorus

^B Born in the USA, I was born in the USA, I was

^E Born in the USA, I was born in the USA

Verse 3

^B Come back home to the refinery

Hiring man said "son if it was up to me"

^E Went down to see my VA man

^E Ten years burning down the road

He said "son, don't you understand now"

Instrumental

^B ^B ^E ^E

Verse 4

^B I had a brother at Khe Sahn

^B ^B ^E ^E

Fighting off them Viet Cong

^E They're still there, he's all gone

Verse 5

^B He had a woman he loved in Saigon

I got a picture of him in her arms now ^E

Verse 6

^B Down in the shadow of the penitentiary

^B Born in the USA, I was born in the USA now

Out by the gas fires of the refinery, I'm

^E Ten years burning down the road

Nowhere to run ain't got nowhere to go

Chorus

^B Born in the USA, I was born in the USA now

^E Born in the USA, I'm a long gone daddy in the USA now

^B Born in the USA, born in the USA

^E Sent me off to a foreign land

^E Born in the USA, I'm a cool rocking daddy in the USA now

Outro

^B ^B ^E ^E

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How to play "Born in the USA" on ukulele

What key is "Born in the USA" by Bruce Springsteen in?: This ukulele tab is in the key of B Major.
What is the easiest key to play "Born in the USA" by Bruce Springsteen on ukulele?: The easiest key to play "Born in the USA" on ukulele is . Transpose this tab +1 half steps from the original key of B Major.
What ukulele chords does "Born in the USA" use?: This tab uses these chords: B, E.
Is "Born in the USA" a good ukulele song for beginners?: UkeBuddy rates this arrangement as Intermediate difficulty for ukulele.