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[Intro]

F# F#
F# F#7


[Verse 1]

B
Young man, there's no need to feel down.
        G#m
I said, young man, pick yourself off the ground.
        E
I said, young man, 'cause you're in a new town
           F#   E  F# E B F#
There's no need to be unhappy.


[Verse 2]

B
Young man, there's a place you can go.
        G#m
I said, young man, when you're short on your dough.
        E
You can stay there, and I'm sure you will find
     F#   E  F#   E B   F#
Many ways to have a good time.

F#

[Chorus]

                        B
It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.
                        G#m
It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.
               C#m               E
They have everything that you    need to enjoy,
        F#7
You can hang out with all the boys

                        B
It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.
                        G#m
It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.
        C#m                           E
You can get yourself cleaned, you can have a good meal,
        F#7
You can do whatever you feel


[Verse 3]

B
Young man, are you listening to me?
        G#m
I said, young man, what do you want to be?
        E
I said, young man, you can make real your dreams.
        F#  E  F#   E    B  F#
But you got to know this one thing!


[Verse 4]

B
No man does it all by himself.
        G#m
I said, young man, put your pride on the shelf,
         E
And just go there, to the y-m-c-a.
         F#   E   F#   E   B F#
I'm sure they can help you today.

F#


[Chorus]

                        B
It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.
                        G#m
It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.
               C#m               E
They have everything that you    need to enjoy,
        F#7
You can hang out with all the boys


                        B
It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.
                        G#m
It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.
        C#m                           E
You can get yourself cleaned, you can have a good meal,
        F#7
You can do whatever you feel


[Verse 5]

B
Young man, I was once in your shoes.
        G#m
I said, I was down and out with the blues.
       E
I felt no man cared if I were alive.
       F#7
I felt the whole world was so tight


[Verse 6]

 B
That's when someone came up to me,
          G#m
And said, young man, take a walk up the street.
            E
There's a place there called the y-m-c-a.
          F#7
They can start you back on your way.

F#

[Chorus]

                        B
It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.
                        G#m
It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.
               C#m               E
They have everything that you    need to enjoy,
        F#7
You can hang out with all the boys


[Outro]

B                                G#m
y-m-c-a ... you'll find it at the y-m-c-a.
 B
Young man, young man, there's no need to feel down.
 G#m
Young man, young man, get yourself off the ground.

B                                G#m
y-m-c-a ... it's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.
B
Young man, are you listening to me?
        G#m
I said, young man, what do you want to be?

B                         G#m
y-m-c-a ... just go to the y-m-c-a.
 B
No man, young man, does it all by themself.
 G#m
Young man, young man, put your pride on the shelf.

B           G#m
y-m-c-a ...  y-m-c-a.
 B
Young man, young man, I was once in your shoes.
 G#m
Young man, young man, I was down with the blues.
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