[Intro] C#5
        C#4  C#

[Primeira Parte]

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

 F#
Young man, there's a place you can go
         D#m
I said, young man, when you're short on your dough
          B
You can stay there, and I'm sure you will find
     C#/F  B/D#  C#   B  A#m  G#m   C#4
Many ways  to    have a good time

[Refrão]

                        F#
It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a
                        D#m
It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a
          G#m    G#m7+      G#m7      G#m6
They have everything for you men to enjoy
         C#4                  C#
You can hang out with all the boys

                        F#
It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a
                        D#m
It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a
        G#m         G#m7+             G#m7       G#m6
You can get yourself cleaned, you can have a good meal
         C#4            C#
You can do whatever you feel

[Segunda Parte]

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

 F#
No man does it all by himself
         D#m
I said, young man, put your pride on the shelf
          B
And just go there, to the y.m.c.a
         C#/F  B/D#  C#   B   A#m  G#m   C#4
I'm sure they  can   help you to___day

[Refrão]

                        F#
It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a
                        D#m
It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a
          G#m    G#m7+      G#m7      G#m6
They have everything for you men to enjoy
         C#4                  C#
You can hang out with all the boys

                        F#
It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a
                        D#m
It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a
        G#m         G#m7+             G#m7       G#m6
You can get yourself cleaned, you can have a good meal
        C#4             C#
You can do whatever you feel

[Terceira Parte]

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

  F#
That's when someone came up to me
           D#m
And said, young man, take a walk up the street
            B
There's a place there called the y.m.c.a
           C#/F B/D#  C#  B   A#m  G#m  C#4
They can start you   back on your way

[Refrão]

                        F#
It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a
                        D#m
It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a
          G#m    G#m7+      G#m7      G#m6
They have everything for you men to enjoy
        C#4                   C#
You can hang out with all the boys

F#
Y-m-c-a
                        D#m
It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a
G#m       G#m7+                G#m7         G#m6
Young man, young man there's no need to feel down
 C#4                           C#
Young man, young man get yourself off the ground

F#
Y-m-c-a
                        D#m
It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a
G#m       G#m7+               G#m7        G#m6
Young man, young man, are you listening to me?
 C#4                          C#
Young man, young man, what do you wanna be?

F#
Y-m-c-a
                   D#m
And just go to the y-m-c-a
G#m       G#m7+            G#m7         G#m6
Young man, young man, I was once in your shoes
 C#4                        C#
Young man, young man, I was down and out with the blues