[Verse 1]
P.M.
Bb
Looking out a dirty old window
Bb                         Ab
Down below the cars in the city go rushing by.
  F#           Ab      Eb
I sit here alone and I wonder why
Bb
Friday night and everyone's moving.
Bb
I can feel the heat but its soothing.
Ab              F#             Ab          Eb
Heading down, I search for the beat in this  
 
 
[Chorus]
Eb
Down town the young ones are goin'
F
Down town the young ones are growin'
F#                C#
Were the kids in america (Whoa!)(x 2)
F#        Ab                    Bb
Everybody listen to the music-go-round
 
 
[Verse 2]
Bb
Bright lights the music gets faster
Bb                                        Ab
Look girl, don't check on your watch not another glance.
    F#          Ab         Eb
I'm not leaving now, honey not a chance.
Bb
Hot-shot, give me no problems
Bb                               Ab
Much later baby you'll be saying never mind
    F#           Ab            Eb
You know life is cruel, life is
 
 
[Chorus]
Eb
Downtown the young ones are goin'
F
Downtown the young ones are growin'
F#                C#
We're the kids in America (Whoa)
F#                C#
We're the kids in America (Whoa)
F#        Ab                      Bb
Everybody listen to the music-go-round
 
 
[Break]
Bb    C#
La la la la-la la-la
Ab       F#
La la la la-la Hey
Bb    C#
La la la la-la la-la
Ab       F#     Ab  Bb
La la la la-la 
 
 
[Verse 3]
Bb
Come closer, honey that's better
Bb                                 Ab
Got to get a brand new experience, feeling right
F#           Ab         Eb
Don't try to stop baby hold me tight
Bb
Outside a new day is calling
Bb                         Ab
Outside suburbia's sprawling everywhere
  F#           Ab
I don't want to go baby
 
 
[Bridge]
Eb
New York to East California
F
There's a new wave coming I warn ya
F#                C#
We're the kids in America (Whoa)
F#                C#
We're the kids in America (Whoa)
F#        Ab                      Bb
Everybody listen to the music-go-round
 
 
[Break]
Bb    C#
La la la la-la la-la
Ab       F#
La la la la-la Hey
Bb    C#
La la la la-la la-la
Ab       F#   Ab  Bb
La la la la-la 
 
 
[Coda]
Bb              C#
We're the kids, We're the kids
Eb
We're the kids in America
Bb              C#
We're the kids, We're the kids
Eb
We're the kids in America
Bb              C#
We're the kids, We're the kids
 
Eb
We're the kids in America
Bb              C#
We're the kids, We're the kids
Eb
We're the kids in America
Bb              C#
We're the kids, We're the kids
Eb
We're the kids in America