Great Mid-West

Great Mid-West easy guitar chords by John Mellencamp

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  • Intro 1



    Verse 1
    Everything 
    is 
    slower 

    here; every
    body's 
    got 
    a union 
    card 

    They 
    get 
    up 
    on 
    Sunday, 

    go 
    to 
    church 
    of 
    their choice 

    Come 
    back 
    home, 

    cook out 
    in 
    the back
    yard 

    And 
    they call 
    this 
    the great 
    midwest 

    Where 
    the cornfields 
    row 
    and 
    flow 

    They're 
    all 
    five 
    years 
    ahead 

    of 
    their time 

    Or twenty-five 
    behind; 
    I just 
    don't 
    know 

    All 
    the young 
    men 
    talk 
    about 

    their 
    four-wheel 
    drives 

    drives 

    And 
    how much 
    money 
    they're 

    gonna 
    make 
    on 
    Friday 
    night 

    And 
    they 
    like 
    to brag 
    about 
    how 

    they 
    mistreat 
    their 
    girlfriends 

    Hey, 
    let's 
    get drunk, 

    party 
    it up, 
    start 
    fight 

    And 
    they 
    call 
    this 
    the great 
    midwest 

    Sure 
    make 
    hell 
    of 
    a car 

    And the 
    old 
    hearts, 

    they 
    race 
    their 
    way 
    though the 
    night 

    The 
    upheaval 
    of who 
    they 
    really 
    are 



    Growin' 
    up 
    under 
    normal 
    conditions, 

    televi
    sion 
    and 
    radio 

    That's just 
    about 
    all 
    of 
    this 
    whole 
    world 

    That any 
    of us get 
    to 
    see, 

    get 
    to 
    know 

    And 
    they call 
    this 
    the 

    great 
    midwest 

    Where you 
    sacrifice 
    body 
    and soul 

    And 
    no 
    one 
    really 
    want
    s to 
    get 
    even 

    Most 
    of us 
    find 
    it 
    hard 
    enough 
    just 
    lettin' 
    go 

    Don't 
    get me 
    wrong, 
    I ain't 
    complain
    ing 

    ain't 
    brag
    gin', 

    nor do 
    mean to 
    place 
    blame 

    That's 
    just the 
    way 
    things 
    are 
    around 
    here 

    And 
    there's 
    fu
    ture 
    car

    ryin' 
    my 
    name 
    on 
    it 

    Sayin', 
    hey 
    man, 

    you 
    gonna 
    stick 
    around 
    here? 
    You better 
    get 
    on 
    it 

    If you're 
    gonna 
    stick 
    around 
    here 

    You 
    better 
    make 
    yourself 
    some 
    real 
    good 
    friends 



    Well, I wasn't 
    born 
    with a 

    silver 
    spoon 
    in 
    my 
    mouth 

    So I 
    can
    't 
    talk 
    about 
    the big-city 
    life 

    life 

    But if 
    you 
    want to 
    talk 
    about 
    bein' 
    bored 

    and 
    runnin' 
    away 
    from 
    yourself 

    Hell, I 
    talk 
    to 
    you 
    all night 

    And 
    they call 
    this 
    the great 
    midwest 

    Where 
    livin' 
    is just 
    gettin' 
    by 

    And people 
    trade 
    in 
    their 
    happiness 

    For 
    a smokestack

    Outro 1
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    deal 
    in 
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