YMCA - VILLAGE PEOPLE


Tuning: Standard
Capo: None

[Intro]
|C#5 |   |   |   |
|C#5 |   |   |

[Verse 1]
F#
Young Man, there’s no need to feel down,
        Ebm
I said, Young Man, get yourself off the ground,
        B
I said, Young Man, 'Cause you're in a new town
           C#   B  Bbm G#m F# C#
There's no need to be un_happy
 
[Verse 2]
F#
Young Man, there’s a place you can go,
        Ebm
I said, Young Man, When you're short on your dough,
        B
You can stay there, And I'm sure you will find,
          C# B    Bbm G#m  F# C#
Many ways to have a   good time
 
[Chorus 1]
                        F#
It's fun to stay at the YMCA,
                        Ebm
It's fun to stay at the YMCA.
          G#m
They have everything for young men to enjoy,
        C#sus4
You can hang out with all the boys
                        F#
It's fun to stay at the YMCA,
                        Ebm
It's fun to stay at the YMCA.
        G#m
You can get yourself clean, you can have a good meal,
        C#sus4
You can do    whatever you feel

[Verse 3]
F#
Young ManAre you listening to me?
  Ebm
I said, Young Man, what do you wanna' be?
  B
I said, Young Man, you can make real your dreams,
    C#     B     Bbm   G#m F#   C#  F#
But you've got to   know   this one thing:

[Verse 4]
F#
No man,Does it all by himself,
  Ebm
I said, Young ManPut your pride on the shelf,
    B
And just go there to the YMCA,
    C#   B       Bbm    G#m F#  C#
I'm sure they can   help    you today.
 
[Chorus 2]
                    F#
It's fun to stay at the YMCA,
                    Ebm
It's fun to stay at the YMCA.
     G#m
They have everything for young men to enjoy,
    C#sus4
You can   hang out with all the boys
                 F#
It's fun to stay at the YMCA,
                    Ebm
It's fun to stay at the YMCA
    G#m
You can get yourself clean, you can have a good meal,
    C#sus4                  F#
You can   do whatever you feel
 
[Verse 5]
F#
Young Man, I was once in your shoes,
  Ebm
I said, I was down and out with the blues,
  B
I felt no man cared that I were alive,
  C#   B      Bbm     G#m F#  C# F#
I felt the whole world    was so tired.

[Verse 6]
F#
That's when, someone came up to me,
    Ebm
And said, Young Man, Take a walk up the street,
     B
It's a place there Called the YMCA,
     C#  B        Bbm    G#m F# C#
They can start you   back    on your way.
 
[Chorus 3]
                    F#
It's fun to stay at the YMCA,
                    Ebm
It's fun to stay at the YMCA.
     G#m
They have everything for young men to enjoy,
    C#sus4
You can   hang out with all the boys
F#                            Ebm
YMCA, it’s fun to stay at the YMCA
G#m
Young man, young man, there’s no need to feel down
C#sus4
Young man, young man, get yourself off the ground

[Instrumentals]
|F#  |Ebm  |G#m  |C#sus4  |

[Final-Chorus]
F#                            Ebm
YMCA, it’s fun to stay at the YMCA
G#m
Young man, young man, are you listening to me?
C#sus4
Young man, young man, what do you wanna be?
F#                          Ebm
YMCA, you’ll find it at the YMCA
G#m
No man, no man, does it all by himself
C#sus4
Young man, young man, put your pride on the shelf
F#                   Ebm
YMCA, just go to the YMCA
G#m
Young man, young man, I was once in your shoes
C#sus4
Young man, young man, I was down with the blues
F#
YMCA,


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