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Respectable chords by
Don Mclean
Don Mclean

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Verse 1
G
Am
G

Ah, it ain't so easy is it?
C
D

You almost lost your place.
G
Am

And perhaps you're wondering how you're
C
D

going to cope with your disgrace.
G
Am

Well your wealth is well established and
C
D

your friends were never few,

And all the things they told you of
G

you're finding to be true.
Am

Well if truth can free the guilty
C
D

while the innocent must die,
G
Am

Then I respect, respect,
C
D
G

respect the coldest lie.
Verse 2
G

Am
G

And you talk of human justice while
C
D

you drive on fancy wheels.
G
Am

An d you push them to their limit
C
D

just to see how nice it feels.
G
Am

Well it doesn't really matter
C
D

if she's living or she's dead,

You just drive away forgetting that
G

your bumper's dipped in red.
Am

Well if that's the kind of justice
C
D

that our hall of justice claims,
G
Am

Then I respect, respect,
C
D
G

respect old Jesse James.
Verse 3
Am
G

And most cordially they caught you
C
D

and they asked you to obey.
G
Am

And they threw you into prison,
C
D

just in case you could not pay.
G
Am

Well King Arthur jousted Lancelot,
C
D

who stole away his wife;

And your lawyers jousted with the
G

court to save your precious life.
Am

Well if living is what matters though
C
D

you lie with every breath,
G
Am

Then I respect, respect,
C
D
G

the ones we put to death.
Verse 4
G

Am
G

And you won your case most easily
C
D

and soon you will be free.
G
Am

But there will be a million more
C
D

who lose their liberty.
G
Am

Not because of what they did,
C
D

but what they did not do:

They did not pay a lawyer or
G

a judge to see them through.
Am

Why, they had no friends to call on
C
D

and they could not raise their bail.
G
Am

Well if winning is what matters,
C
D
G

I respect the ones who fail

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