John Mellencamp – The Big Jack (Guitar)

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spotify:track:0Lmp2iJ4xko3IQsJMEy1g5 Worked out on request for dmiller5 from Newport Beach, USA Please: rate (stars left unter sheet) or/and add favorite (heart right above) Songwriters: George Michael Green / John Mellencamp 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.