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Check It Out - John Mellancamp (J.Mellancamp)
The Lonesome Jubilee
Intro: This is played by an accordin or violin, can't tell but the tab follows.
(The 023 notes are a quick hammer on.)
D----2--------------2------------2--------------2---2--------2--2---|
A-023--3-2-0-----023--3-2-----023--3-2-0-----023--3-------023--3----|
E------------3-------------3-------------3------------3-----------3-|
During the verses, C and G are open chords, then the F G combo are each barre
chords on the first and third frets, respectively.
C
A million poets
G
Screamin' out their words
C
To a world full of people
G
Just livin' to be heard
C
Future generations
G
Ridin' on the highways that we built
F G
I hope they have better understanding
C
Check it out
G
Goin' to work on Monday
C
Check it out
G
Got yourself a family
C
Check it out
G
All utility bills have been paid
F G
You can't tell your best buddy that you love him
C
So check it out
G
Where does our time go
C
Check it out
G
Got a brand new house in escrow
C
Check it out
G
Sleepin' with your back to your loved one
F G
This is all that we've learned about happiness
Intro
C
Check it out
G
Forgot to say hello to my neighbors
C
Check it out
G
Sometimes I question my own behavior
C
Check it out
G
Talkin' about the girls that we've seen on the sly
F G
Just to tell our souls that we're still the young lions
C
So check it out
G
Gettin' too drunk on Saturdays
C
Check it out
G
Playin football with the kids on Sundays
C
Check it out
G
Soarin' with eagles all week long
F G
And this is all that we've learned about living
F G
This is all that we've learned about living
Lead Guitar (nearly the same as the intro, but with the change noted)
D----2--------------2------------2--------------2---5-----|
A-023--3-2-0-----023--3-2-----023--3-2-0-----023--3-------|
E------------3-------------3-------------3----------------|
Then, jam with the following chords
Barre C (3rd fret) Barre G (3rd fret)
Repeat twice
Barre F (lst fret) Barre G (3rd fret)
C
A million your poets
G
Screamin' out their words
C
Maybe someday
G
Those words will be heard
C
By future generations
G
Ridin' on the highways that we built
F G
Maybe they'll have a better understanding
F
Check it out
G
Hope they'll have a better understanding
F
Check it out
G
Maybe they'll have a better understanding
F
Check it out
G
Maybe they'll have a better understanding
F
Check it out
G
Hope they will have a better understanding
Intro (With the lyrics "Check it out" interspersed.)
Then, the fade with the first two phrases of the intro, followed by the
vocal lines "Check it out".
