Instruments
(Band)| Db11 | [x8](Brass)| Db11 | [x6]
Verse
| Gb | Gb |Young man, there's no need to feel down. | Ebm | Ebm |I said, young man, pick yourself off the ground. | B | B |I said, young man, 'cause you're in a new town | Db/F B/Eb | Db B Bbm Abm |There's no need to be un-hap-py.
Verse 2
| Gb | Gb |Young man , there's a place you can go. | Ebm | Ebm |I said, young man, when you're short on your dough. | B | B |You can stay there, and I'm sure you will find | Db/F B/Eb | Db B Bbm Abm | Db11 | Db11 |Many ways to have a good time.
Hook
| Gb | Gb |It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A. | Ebm | Ebm |It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A. | Abm Abmmaj7 | Abm7 Abm6 |They have everything for young men to enjoy, | Db11 | Db11 |You can hang out with all the boys ... | Gb | Gb |It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A. | Ebm | Ebm |It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A. | Abm Abmmaj7 | Abm7 Abm6 |You can get yourself cleaned, you can have a good meal, | Db11 | Db11 |You can do whatever you feel ...
Verse 3
| Gb | Gb |Young man, are you listening to me? | Ebm | Ebm |I said, young man, what do you want to be? | B | B |I said, young man, you can make real your dreams. | Db/F B/Eb | Db B Bbm Abm |But you got to know this one thing!
Verse 4
| Gb | Gb |No man does it all by himself. | Ebm | Ebm |I said, young man, put your pride on the shelf, | B | B |And just go there, to the y.m.c.a. | Db/F B/Eb | Db B Bbm Abm | Db11 | Db11 |I'm sure they can help you to-day.
Hook
| Gb | Gb |It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A. | Ebm | Ebm |It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A. | Abm Abmmaj7 | Abm7 Abm6 |They have everything for young men to enjoy, | Db11 | Db11 |You can hang out with all the boys ... | Gb | Gb |It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A. | Ebm | Ebm |It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A. | Abm Abmmaj7 | Abm7 Abm6 |You can get yourself cleaned, you can have a good meal, | Db11 | Db11 |You can do whatever you feel ...
Verse 5
| Gb | Gb |Young man, I was once in your shoes. | Ebm | Ebm |I said, I was down and out with the blues. | B | B |I felt no man cared if I were alive. | Db/F B/Eb | Db B Bbm Abm |I felt the whole world was so tight ...
Verse 6
| Gb | Gb |That's when someone came up to me, | Ebm | Ebm |And said, young man, take a walk up the street. | B | B |There's a place there called the YMCA | Db/F B/Eb | Db B Bbm Abm | Db11 | Db11 |They can start you back on your way.
Hook 2
| Gb | Gb |It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A. | Ebm | Ebm |It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A. | Abm Abmmaj7 | Abm7 Abm6 |They have everything for young men to enjoy, | Db11 | Db11 |You can hang out with all the boys ... | Gb | Gb |It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A. | Ebm | Ebm |It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A. | Abm Abmmaj7 | Abm7 Abm6 |Young man, young man, there's no need to feel down. | Db11 | Db11 |Young man, young man, get yourself off the ground.
Ending [Fade]
| Gb | Gb |It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A. | Ebm | Ebm |It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A. | Abm Abmmaj7 | Abm7 Abm6 |Young man, young man I was once in your shoes| Db11 | Db11 |Young man, young man I was down with the blues
