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Simply A One-Eyed Jack by John Mellencamp
Simply A One-Eyed Jack
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:3rd fret
[Intro]
D
[Verse 1]
D
The Gypsy King is dealing his cards
C
From the bottom of the deck
D C
Hasn't won a hand, leastways not as yet
G
The table's getting angry
D
Some have folded up their cards
D
Others keep on betting
C G/B G
Even though they know they're playing a loser's game
D
Looking for the one-eyed Jack
[Verse 2]
D
Salome is frying chicken
C
And the smell of grease is filling up the room
D C
John the Baptist, well he's left the game too soon
G D
Salome has a frying pan in her hand
D
She'd like to take out the kind of man
C G/B G
That everyone is watching as she's going after
D
The one-eyed Jack
[Verse 3]
D C
Some people want to party others are trying to leave
D
Some are telling stories that are
C
That are just impossible to believe
G D
The long day's journey is turning into night
D C G/B
Salome looks crazy and she's higher than a kite
G
No one is in favor
D
Of the one-eyed Jack
[Instrumental]
A G D D
A G D D
A G C G
C C D D
[Verse 4]
D C
Money and power is the name of the game
D
It started out as Spit In The Ocean
C
But things have rapidly changed
G D
It will never go back to the way it used to be
D C
Nature deals with no one, what's the cause
G/B G
So many eyes will not see
D
It's the one-eyed Jack
[Verse 5]
D
I'd like to go somewhere safe
C
Watch the world as it changes
D
And become a folk singer
C
Sing a song that stops corruption and pain
G
But there's no reason for that now
D
We're a long way somehow
D C G/B G
We'd better make a move or become the victim of
D
That lying one-eyed Jack
[Outro]
A G D
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