[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Young man, there's no need to feel down.
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I said, young man, pick yourself off the ground.
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I said, young man, 'cause you're in a new town
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There's no need to be unhappy.
[Verse 2]
C
Young man, there's a place you can go.
Am
I said, young man, when you're short on your dough.
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You can stay there, and I'm sure you will find
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Many ways to have a good time.
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[Chorus]
C
It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.
Am
It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.
Dm F
They have everything that you need to enjoy,
G7
You can hang out with all the boys
C
It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.
Am
It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.
Dm F
You can get yourself cleaned, you can have a good meal,
G7
You can do whatever you feel
[Verse 3]
C
Young man, are you listening to me?
Am
I said, young man, what do you want to be?
F
I said, young man, you can make real your dreams.
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But you got to know this one thing!
[Verse 4]
C
No man does it all by himself.
Am
I said, young man, put your pride on the shelf,
F
And just go there, to the y-m-c-a.
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I'm sure they can help you today.
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[Chorus]
C
It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.
Am
It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.
Dm F
They have everything that you need to enjoy,
G7
You can hang out with all the boys
C
It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.
Am
It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.
Dm F
You can get yourself cleaned, you can have a good meal,
G7
You can do whatever you feel
[Verse 5]
C
Young man, I was once in your shoes.
Am
I said, I was down and out with the blues.
F
I felt no man cared if I were alive.
G7
I felt the whole world was so tight
[Verse 6]
C
That's when someone came up to me,
Am
And said, young man, take a walk up the street.
F
There's a place there called the y-m-c-a.
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They can start you back on your way.
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[Chorus]
C
It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.
Am
It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.
Dm F
They have everything that you need to enjoy,
G7
You can hang out with all the boys
[Outro]
C Am
y-m-c-a ... you'll find it at the y-m-c-a.
C
Young man, young man, there's no need to feel down.
Am
Young man, young man, get yourself off the ground.
C Am
y-m-c-a ... it's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.
C
Young man, are you listening to me?
Am
I said, young man, what do you want to be?
C Am
y-m-c-a ... just go to the y-m-c-a.
C
No man, young man, does it all by themself.
Am
Young man, young man, put your pride on the shelf.
C Am
y-m-c-a ... y-m-c-a.
C
Young man, young man, I was once in your shoes.
Am
Young man, young man, I was down with the blues.
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