"Jim Crow" - John Mellencamp - Freedom's Road - 2007
Transcribed by wranglingoutlaw
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Look what Jim Crow's done and gone
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He Went and changed His name
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Don't know what He's going by these days
G
But He's still actin' the same
F C
You can call it what You want to
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But it's still a minstrel show
F C
You can call it what You want to
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But it's still Jim Crow
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Jim's probably laying in this morning
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Hummin' as He sleeps
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Feeling the glow of another Man's Woman
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As She lies beneath His feet
F C
Enjoyin' the cool morning breeze
Am G
Smellin' flowers as He goes
F C
Looks like He's changed His ways
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Ah, but He's still Big Jim Crow
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Jim will spend the rest of the day
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Playin' in some big hotel
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It's an old song with very bad rhymes
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But He does it so well
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He'll make some new acquaintances
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When He's out on His evening stroll
F C
It's amazing that after all this time
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So many love
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Big Jim Crow
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