[Intro]
D  D
D  D7
[Strophe]
G 
Young man, there's no need to feel down.  
        Em 
I said, young man, pick yourself off the ground.  
        C 
I said, young man, 'cause you're in a new town  
           D    C  D  C G  D 
There's no need to be unhappy. 
[Strophe]
G 
Young man, there's a place you can go.  
        Em 
I said, young man, when you're short on your dough.  
    C 
You can stay there, and I'm sure you will find  
     D    C  D    C G    D      D 
Many ways to have a good time. 
[Refrain]
                        G 
It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.  
                        Em 
It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.  
               Am                C 
They have everything that you    need to enjoy,  
        D7 
You can hang out with all the boys ...   
                        G 
It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.  
                        Em 
It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.   
        Am                            C 
You can get yourself cleaned, you can have a good meal,  
        D7 
You can do whatever you feel ... 
[Strophe]
G 
Young man, are you listening to me?  
        Em 
I said, young man, what do you want to be?  
        C 
I said, young man, you can make real your dreams.  
        D   C  D    C    G   D 
But you got to know this one thing! 
[Strophe]
G 
No man does it all by himself.  
        Em 
I said, young man, put your pride on the shelf,  
         C 
And just go there, to the y.m.c.a.  
         D    C   D    C   G D 
I'm sure they can help you today.
[Refrain]
                        G 
It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.  
                        Em 
It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.  
               Am                C 
They have everything that you    need to enjoy,  
        D7 
You can hang out with all the boys ...   
                        G 
It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.  
                        Em 
It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.   
        Am                            C 
You can get yourself cleaned, you can have a good meal,  
        D7 
You can do whatever you feel ... 
[Strophe]
G 
Young man, I was once in your shoes.  
        Em 
I said, I was down and out with the blues.  
       C 
I felt no man cared if I were alive.  
       D7 
I felt the whole world was so tight ... 
[Strophe]
 G 
That's when someone came up to me,  
          Em 
And said, young man, take a walk up the street.  
            C 
There's a place there called the YMCA 
          D7 
They can start you back on your way.  
                        G 
It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.  
                        Em 
It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.  
[Outro]
               Am                C 
They have everything that you    need to enjoy,  
        D7 
You can hang out with all the boys ...  
G                                 Em 
Y-M-C-A ... you'll find it at the Y-M-C-A.  
 G 
Young man, young man, there's no need to feel down.  
 Em 
Young man, young man, get yourself off the ground.  
G                                 Em 
Y-M-C-A ... you'll find it at the Y-M-C-A.  
 G 
Young man, young man, there's no need to feel down.  
 Em 
Young man, young man, get yourself off the ground.  
G                          Em 
Y-M-C-A ... just go to the Y-M-C-A.  
G 
Young man, are you listening to me?  
        Em 
I said, young man, what do you want to be?