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The Big Jack by John Mellencamp
The Big Jack
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:F#
Capo:2nd fret
LEGEND: *E means, play this chord a very bit before the beat.
TIP: I do play D/E as 000232 and A/E as 002220, experiment with this RIFF
[Intro]
| * E | * D/E | * A/E | D/E A/E E |
| * E | * D/E | * A/E | D/E A/E E |
[Verse 1]
E D A E
I know you and you know me, we met many years ago
E D A E
in the halls of some ivy covered university where we both used to go.
E D
Now we stand outside the Denmark Hotel
A E
with Japanese men in their business suits.
E D
It's midnight, you're talking to some Frenchman
A E
about who does what to you know who.
[Chorus]
D E D E
You want the big jack, you want the sky to crack,
D E D E
you want something that's going to give you the big jack.
D E D E
You want the big jack, hell, we all want that,
D E D E
you want something to give you the big jack.
[Interlude]
| * E | * D/E | * A/E | D/E A/E E |
| * E | * D/E | * A/E | D/E A/E E |
[Verse 2]
E D A E
You say you want to go somewhere where your ideals were much more than luxuries.
E D
And just like some great old paining
A E
you set there so smug with your hands between your knees.
[Chorus]
D E D E
You want the big jack, you want the sky to crack,
D E D E
you want something to give you the big jack.
D E D E
You want the big jack, hell, we all want that,
D E D E
you want something to give you the big jack.
[Interlude]
| * E | * D/E | * A/E | D/E A/E E |
| * E | * D/E | * A/E | D/E A/E E |
| * E | * D/E | * A/E | D/E A/E E |
| * E | * D/E | * A/E | D/E A/E E |
[Verse 3]
E D
So, go back down to that Mississippi town
A E
where you come from, have a big time tonight,
E D
I can still see you in your father's coat
A E
on the delta shore that he once owned.
E D A E
I want to be your father's coat, I want you, girl, to marry me.
[Chorus]
D E D E
I want the big jack, I want the sky to crack,
D E D E
I want something to give me the big jack.
D E D E
I want the big jack, hell, we all want that,
D E D E
I want something to give me a heart attack.
[End-Chorus]
D E D E
I want the big jack, yeah, we all want that,
D E D E
we want something to give us the big jack.
D E D E
I want the big jack, I want the sky to crack,
D E D E
I want something to give me the big jack.
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