{"id":10812,"date":"2022-06-22T23:49:42","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T23:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/?p=10812"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:42:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T18:42:20","slug":"y-m-c-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/y-m-c-a\/","title":{"rendered":"Y.M.C.A."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a614a5caf6209048119810' value='6a614a5caf6209048119810'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a614a5caf6209048119810' value='WORDS ONLY'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-6a614a5caf6209048119810' value='Show Less'><button id='bg-showmore-action-6a614a5caf6209048119810' class='bg-showmore-plg-button bg-orange-button  '   style=\" color:#4a4949;\">WORDS ONLY<\/button><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a614a5caf6209048119810' ><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">C\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Y.M.C.A., Village People<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Young man, there&#8217;s no need to feel down<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">I said, young man, pick yourself off the ground<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">I said, young man, &#8217;cause you&#8217;re in a new town<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">There&#8217;s no need to be unhappy<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Young man, there&#8217;s a place you can go<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">I said, young man, when you&#8217;re short on your dough<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">You can stay there, and I&#8217;m sure you will find<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Many ways to have a good time<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">It&#8217;s fun to stay at the YMCA, It&#8217;s fun to stay at the YMCA<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">They have everything for you men to enjoy<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">You can hang out with all the boys<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">It&#8217;s fun to stay at the YMCA, It&#8217;s fun to stay at the YMCA<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">You can get yourself clean, you can have a good meal<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">You can do whatever you feel<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Young man, are you listening to me?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">I said, young man, what do you want to be?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">I said, young man, you can make real your dreams<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">But you got to know this one thing<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">No man does it all by himself<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">I said, young man, put your pride on the shelf<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">And just go there, to the YMCA<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">I&#8217;m sure they can help you today<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">It&#8217;s fun to stay at the YMCA, It&#8217;s fun to stay at the YMCA<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">They have everything for you men to enjoy<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">You can hang out with all the boys<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">It&#8217;s fun to stay at the YMCA, It&#8217;s fun to stay at the YMCA<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">You can get yourself clean, you can have a good meal<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">You can do whatever you feel<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Young man, I was once in your shoes<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">I said, I was down and out with the blues<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">I felt no man cared if I were alive<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">I felt the whole world was so tight<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">That&#8217;s when someone came up to me<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">And said, young man, take a walk up the street<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">There&#8217;s a place there called the YMCA<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">They can start you back on your way<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">It&#8217;s fun to stay at the YMCA, It&#8217;s fun to stay at the YMCA<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">They have everything for you men to enjoy<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">You can hang out with all the boys<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">It&#8217;s fun to stay at the YMCA, It&#8217;s fun to stay at the YMCA<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">You can get yourself clean, you can have a good meal<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">You can do whatever you feel<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">ASK:\u00a0 I THINK BILL DOES THIS IN THE KEY OF G &#8211; BELOW OR TAB UP<\/span><\/p>\n<section class=\"ER3UX\">\n<pre class=\"xNWlr hjutX PBFx0\" style=\"font-size: 13px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">[Verse 1]\r\n[C] Young man, there's no need to feel down\r\nI said, [Am] young man, pick yourself off the ground\r\nI said, [F] young man, 'cause you're in a new town\r\n<span style=\"color: #999999;\"><span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" data-name=\"D\">[G]<\/span>       <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" data-name=\"C\">[F]<\/span>   <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" data-name=\"D\">[G]<\/span>   <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" data-name=\"C\">[F]<\/span>  <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" data-name=\"G\">[C]<\/span>   <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" data-name=\"D\">[G]<\/span>\r\n<\/span>There's no [G] need to be unhappy\r\n \r\nYoung man, there's a place you can go\r\nI said, young man, when you're short on your dough\r\nYou can stay there and I'm sure you will find\r\n<span style=\"color: #999999;\">     <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" data-name=\"D\">[G]<\/span>     <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" data-name=\"C\">[F]<\/span>  <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" data-name=\"Bm\">[Em]<\/span>  <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" data-name=\"Am\">[Dm]<\/span>  <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" data-name=\"G\">[C]<\/span>   <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" data-name=\"D\">[G]<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Many [G] ways to have a good time\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">{ CHORUS }\r\n[G] It's fun to stay at the [C] Y.M.C.A.\r\nIt's fun to stay at the [Am] Y.M.C.A.\r\nThey have [Dm] everything For young men to enjoy\r\nYou can [G7] hang out with all the boys\r\n<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">[G] It's fun to stay at the [C] Y.M.C.A. <\/span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">It's fun to stay at the [Am] Y.M.C.A.\r\nYou can [Am?] get yourself clean. You can [Dm] have a good meal\r\n[G7] You can do whatever you feel<\/span>\r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\nYoung man, are you listening to me?\r\nI said, young man, what do you want to be?\r\nI said, young man, you can make real your dreams\r\n<span style=\"color: #999999;\">     [G]      [F]   [G]  [C]    [G]   [C]<\/span>\r\nBut you've [G] got to know this one thing\r\n \r\nNo man, does it all by himself\r\nI said, young man, put your pride on the shelf\r\nAnd just go there, to the Y.M.C.A.\r\n<span style=\"color: #999999;\">     [G]    [F]    [Em]  [Dm]   [C]   [G]\r\n<\/span>I'm sure [G] they can help you today\r\n \r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">{ CHORUS }<\/span>\r\n \r\n[Verse 3]\r\nYoung man, I was once in your shoes\r\nI said, I was down and out with the blues\r\nI felt, no man cared if I were alive\r\n<span style=\"color: #999999;\">        [G]   [F]    [G]      [F]   [C]  [G]<\/span>\r\nI [G] felt the whole world was so jive\r\n \r\nThat's when someone came up to me\r\nAnd said, young man, take a walk up the street\r\nThere's a place there called the Y.M.C.A.\r\n<span style=\"color: #999999;\">      [G]    [F]     [Em] [Dm]       [C]   [G]<\/span>\r\nThey can [G] start you back on your way\r\n \r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">{ Outro Chorus }\r\n[G] It's fun to stay at the [C] Y.M.C.A. \r\nIt's fun to stay at the [Am] Y.M.C.A. \r\nThey have [Dm] everything For young men to enjoy \r\nYou can [G7] hang out with all the boys\r\n<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Y.M.C.A.\r\nIt's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.\r\nYoung man, young man, there's no need to feel down\r\nYoung man, young man, pick yourself off the ground\r\n \r\nY.M.C.A.\r\nIt's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.\r\nYoung man, young man, Are you listening to me?\r\nYoung man, young man What do you want to be?\r\n \r\nY.M.C.A.\r\nYou buy in at the Y.M.C.A.\r\nYoung man, young man, Does it all by himself\r\nYoung man, young man, Put your pride on the shelf\r\n \r\nY.M.C.A.\r\nAnd just go to the Y.M.C.A\r\nYoung man, young man, I was once in your shoes\r\nYoung man, young man, I was down with blues\r\n<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Y.M.C.A<\/span><\/span><\/pre>\n<div class=\"vxv2A\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 60pt; font-weight:900; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">KEY OF G<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<pre><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 900; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">[Verse 1]\r\n[G] Young man, there's no need to feel down\r\nI said, [Em] young man, pick yourself off the ground\r\nI said, [C] young man, 'cause you're in a new town\r\n<span style=\"color: #999999;\"><span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" data-name=\"D\">[D]<\/span>       <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" data-name=\"C\">[C]<\/span>   <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" data-name=\"D\">[D]<\/span>   <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" data-name=\"C\">[C]<\/span>  <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" data-name=\"G\">[G]<\/span>   <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" data-name=\"D\">[D]<\/span>\r\n<\/span>There's no [D] need to be unhappy\r\n \r\nYoung man, there's a place you can go\r\nI said, young man, when you're short on your dough\r\nYou can stay there and I'm sure you will find\r\n<span style=\"color: #999999;\">     <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" data-name=\"D\">[D]<\/span>     <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" data-name=\"C\">[C]<\/span>  <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" data-name=\"Bm\">[Bm]<\/span>  <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" data-name=\"Am\">[Am]<\/span>  <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" data-name=\"G\">[G]<\/span>   <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" data-name=\"D\">[D]<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Many [D] ways to have a good time\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">{ CHORUS }\r\n[D] It's fun to stay at the [G] Y.M.C.A.\r\nIt's fun to stay at the [Em] Y.M.C.A.\r\nThey have [Am] everything For young men to enjoy\r\nYou can [D7] hang out with all the boys\r\n<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">[D] It's fun to stay at the [G] Y.M.C.A. <\/span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">It's fun to stay at the [Em] Y.M.C.A.\r\nYou can [Em?] get yourself clean. You can [Am] have a good meal\r\n[D7] You can do whatever you feel<\/span>\r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\nYoung man, are you listening to me?\r\nI said, young man, what do you want to be?\r\nI said, young man, you can make real your dreams\r\n<span style=\"color: #999999;\">     [D]      [C]   [D]  [G]    [D]   [G]<\/span>\r\nBut you've [D] got to know this one thing\r\n \r\nNo man, does it all by himself\r\nI said, young man, put your pride on the shelf\r\nAnd just go there, to the Y.M.C.A.\r\n<span style=\"color: #999999;\">     [D]    [C]    [Bm]  [Am]   [G]   [D]\r\n<\/span>I'm sure [D] they can help you today\r\n \r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">{ CHORUS }<\/span>\r\n \r\n[Verse 3]\r\nYoung man, I was once in your shoes\r\nI said, I was down and out with the blues\r\nI felt, no man cared if I were alive\r\n<span style=\"color: #999999;\">        [D]   [C]    [D]      [C]   [G]  [D]<\/span>\r\nI [D] felt the whole world was so jive\r\n \r\nThat's when someone came up to me\r\nAnd said, young man, take a walk up the street\r\nThere's a place there called the Y.M.C.A.\r\n<span style=\"color: #999999;\">      [D]    [C]     [Bm] [Am]       [G]   [D]<\/span>\r\nThey can [D] start you back on your way\r\n \r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">{ Outro Chorus }\r\n[D] It's fun to stay at the [G] Y.M.C.A. \r\nIt's fun to stay at the [Em] Y.M.C.A. \r\nThey have [Am] everything For young men to enjoy \r\nYou can [D7] hang out with all the boys\r\n<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Y.M.C.A.\r\nIt's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.\r\nYoung man, young man, there's no need to feel down\r\nYoung man, young man, pick yourself off the ground\r\n \r\nY.M.C.A.\r\nIt's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.\r\nYoung man, young man, Are you listening to me?\r\nYoung man, young man What do you want to be?\r\n \r\nY.M.C.A.\r\nYou buy in at the Y.M.C.A.\r\nYoung man, young man, Does it all by himself\r\nYoung man, young man, Put your pride on the shelf\r\n \r\nY.M.C.A.\r\nAnd just go to the Y.M.C.A\r\nYoung man, young man, I was once in your shoes\r\nYoung man, young man, I was down with blues\r\n<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Y.M.C.A<\/span>\r\n<\/span><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ASK:\u00a0 I THINK BILL DOES THIS IN THE KEY OF G &#8211; BELOW OR TAB UP [Verse 1] [C] Young man, there&#8217;s no need to feel down I said, [Am] young man, pick yourself off the ground I said, [F] young man, &#8217;cause you&#8217;re in a new town [G] [F] &hellip; <span class=\"more-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/y-m-c-a\/\" class=\"more-link\">CLICK TO VIEW SONG<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Y.M.C.A.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,116,117,272],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-x-bill-chase","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano","category-moselele-credits"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10812"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31749,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10812\/revisions\/31749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}