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Verse 1
(G major) Ah, (A minor) it ain't so easy (G major) is it?
(C major) You almost lost (D major) your place.
And per (G major) haps you're wondering (A minor) how you're
going to (C major) cope with your (D major) disgrace.
(G major) Well your wealth is well (A minor) established and
(C major) your friends were never few, (D major)
And all the things they told you of
you're finding to be (G major) true.
Well if (A minor) truth can free the guilty
while the (C major) innocent (D major) must die,
Then I respect, (G major) respect, (A minor)
respect (C major) the cold (D major) est (G major) lie.
Verse 2
(G major)
And you (A minor) talk of human justice (G major) while
you (C major) drive on fancy (D major) wheels.
(G major) An d you push them to their (A minor) limit
just to see (C major) how nice (D major) it feels.
(G major) Well it doesn't really (A minor) matter
if she's (C major) living or she's (D major) dead,
You just drive away forgetting that
your bumper's dipped in (G major) red.
Well if (A minor) that's the kind of justice
that our (C major) hall of justice claims, (D major)
Then I respect, (G major) respect, (A minor)
respect (C major) old (D major) Jesse (G major) James.
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Verse 3
And most (A minor) cordially they caught (G major) you
and they asked (C major) you (D major) to obey.
And they threw (G major) you into pris (A minor) on,
just in (C major) case you could not (D major) pay.
Well (G major) King Arthur jous (A minor) ted Lancelot,
(C major) who stole away his (D major) wife;
And your lawyers jousted with the
court to save your precious (G major) life.
Well if (A minor) living is what matters though
you lie (C major) with every breath, (D major)
Then I respect, (G major) respect, (A minor)
the ones (C major) we (D major) put to (G major) death.
Verse 4
(G major)
And you (A minor) won your case most (G major) easily
and soon (C major) you will be free. (D major)
But there (G major) will be a mil (A minor) lion more
who lose (C major) their liberty. (D major)
(G major) Not because of (A minor) what they did,
but (C major) what they did not (D major) do:
They did not pay a lawyer or
a judge to see (G major) them through.
Why, they (A minor) had no friends to call on
and they could (C major) not raise their (D major) bail.
Well if (G major) winning is what mat (A minor) ters,
I respect (C major) the ones (D major) who (G major) fail
Respectable
Don McLean
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