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