Jackie Brown chords by John Mellencamp

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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Is this your life, Jackie Brown?
Poorly educated and forced to live
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on the poor side of town.
Is this your daughter, Jackie Brown?
This pretty little girl
In the worn out clothes
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That have been hand- me down.
Is this your wife, Jackie Brown?
With sad blue eyes, walking on eggshells
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so you don't see her frown.
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Is this your family, Jackie Brown?
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Verse 2
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Dream of vacationing on
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a mountain stream
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And giving the world more
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than it gave you.
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What ugly truths freedom brings
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And it hasn't been very kind to you.
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Is this your life,
Interlude 1
Jackie Brown?
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Verse 3
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Is this your meal, Jackie Brown?
Barely enough, I've seen people
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throw more than this out.
Is this your home, Jackie Brown?
This three room shack
With no running water
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And the bathroom out back.
Is this your grave, Jackie Brown?
This little piece of limestone that says
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another desperate man took
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Himself out.
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Is this your dream, Jackie Brown?
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Verse 4
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Going nowhere and nowhere fast
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We shame ourselves to watch
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people like this live.
But who gives a damn about
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Jackie Brown?
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Just another lazy man who
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couldn't take what was his.
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One helluva life Jackie Brown.
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Forevermore, Jackie Brown
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Amen and amen - Jackie Brown?
Outro 1
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