Bruce Springsteen - Youngstown: Guitar Chords
Learn to play "Youngstown" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.
For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.
Dm Here in northeast Ohio, back in 1803 C James and Dan Heaton found the ore that Dm was lining Yellow Creek. Dm They built a blast furnace here along the shore, C And they made the cannonballs that helped Dm the Union win the war. Chorus: C Here in Youngstown Dm Here in Youngstown F C My sweet Jenny I'm sinkin' down Dm Here darlin' in Youngstown Well, my daddy worked the furnaces, kept 'em hotter than hell I come home from 'Nam, worked my way to scarfer A job that would suit the devil as well Taconite coke and limestone fed my children and made my pay Them smokestacks reaching like the arms of God Into a beautiful sky of soot and clay Chorus: Here in Youngstown Here in Youngstown Sweet Jenny, I'm sinking down Here, darling, in Youngstown F C Well, my daddy come on the Ohio works Dm When he come home from World War Two. C Now the yard's just scrap and rubble Dm He said "Them big boys did what Hitler couldn't do." F C These mills they built the tanks and bombs Dm That won this country's wars. C We sent our sons to Korea and Vietnam. Dm Now we're wondering what they were dying for. Chorus: Here in Youngstown Here in Youngstown My sweet Jenny, I'm sinking down Here, darling, in Youngstown From the Monongahela Valley to the Mesabi iron range To the coal mines of Appalachia, the story's always the same Seven-hundred tons of metal a day Now sir, you tell me the world's changed Once I made you rich enough Rich enough to forget my name Chorus: In Youngstown In Youngstown My sweet Jenny, I'm sinking down Here, darling, in Youngstown When I die, I don't want no part of heaven I would not do heaven's work well I pray the devil comes and takes me To stand in the fiery furnaces of hell You can simplify chords by removing barre | TransposeReset Font SizeReset Guitar Chord DiagramsC  Dm  F  Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably. |
If you are also interested in learning how to play "Youngstown" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Youngstown" by Bruce Springsteen.