[Intro]
C# C#
C# C#7
[Verse 1]
F#
Young man, there's no need to feel down.
D#m
I said, young man, pick yourself off the ground.
B
I said, young man, 'cause you're in a new town
C# B C# B F# C#
There's no need to be unhappy.
[Verse 2]
F#
Young man, there's a place you can go.
D#m
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 C# B F# C#
Many ways to have a good time.
C#
[Chorus]
F#
It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.
D#m
It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.
G#m B
They have everything that you need to enjoy,
C#7
You can hang out with all the boys
F#
It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.
D#m
It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.
G#m B
You can get yourself cleaned, you can have a good meal,
C#7
You can do whatever you feel
[Verse 3]
F#
Young man, are you listening to me?
D#m
I said, young man, what do you want to be?
B
I said, young man, you can make real your dreams.
C# B C# B F# C#
But you got to know this one thing!
[Verse 4]
F#
No man does it all by himself.
D#m
I said, young man, put your pride on the shelf,
B
And just go there, to the y-m-c-a.
C# B C# B F# C#
I'm sure they can help you today.
C#
[Chorus]
F#
It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.
D#m
It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.
G#m B
They have everything that you need to enjoy,
C#7
You can hang out with all the boys
F#
It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.
D#m
It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.
G#m B
You can get yourself cleaned, you can have a good meal,
C#7
You can do whatever you feel
[Verse 5]
F#
Young man, I was once in your shoes.
D#m
I said, I was down and out with the blues.
B
I felt no man cared if I were alive.
C#7
I felt the whole world was so tight
[Verse 6]
F#
That's when someone came up to me,
D#m
And said, young man, take a walk up the street.
B
There's a place there called the y-m-c-a.
C#7
They can start you back on your way.
C#
[Chorus]
F#
It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.
D#m
It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.
G#m B
They have everything that you need to enjoy,
C#7
You can hang out with all the boys
[Outro]
F# D#m
y-m-c-a ... you'll find it at the y-m-c-a.
F#
Young man, young man, there's no need to feel down.
D#m
Young man, young man, get yourself off the ground.
F# D#m
y-m-c-a ... it's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.
F#
Young man, are you listening to me?
D#m
I said, young man, what do you want to be?
F# D#m
y-m-c-a ... just go to the y-m-c-a.
F#
No man, young man, does it all by themself.
D#m
Young man, young man, put your pride on the shelf.
F# D#m
y-m-c-a ... y-m-c-a.
F#
Young man, young man, I was once in your shoes.
D#m
Young man, young man, I was down with the blues.
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