John Mellencamp

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CAPO on the 2nd FRET!

INTRO:
Guitar #1:  (Repeat 4 times)
DD Piano Chord 
                   C9C9 Piano Chord 

E--2-2-0-2-0-2----------0-2-0-2-0-2-(Reach with second finger)---------
B--3--------------------3----------------------------------------------
G--2--------------------0----------------------------------------------
D--0--------------------2----------------------------------------------
A--0--------------------3----------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------

Guitar #2:  (Comes in on 3rd repetition of above)
E--2-(vibrato)----------2--3--5--7-5-3---------------------------------

On a Greyhound thirty miles beyond Jamestown
D2D2 Piano Chord 
                    C9C9 Piano Chord 


He saw the sun set on the Tennessee line
D2D2 Piano Chord 
                        C9C9 Piano Chord 


He looked at the young man who was riding beside him
D2D2 Piano Chord 
                                 C9C9 Piano Chord 


He said I'm old kind of worn out inside
D2D2 Piano Chord 
                      C9C9 Piano Chord 


I worked my whole life in the steel mills of Gary
D2D2 Piano Chord 
                            C9C9 Piano Chord 


And my father before me I helped build this land
D2D2 Piano Chord 
                        C9C9 Piano Chord 


Now I'm seventy-seven and with God as my witness
D2D2 Piano Chord 
                             C9C9 Piano Chord 


I earned every dollar that passed through my hands
D2D2 Piano Chord 
                         C9C9 Piano Chord 


My family and friends are the best things I've known
AA Piano Chord 
                             GG Piano Chord 


Through the eye of the needle I'll carry them home
AA Piano Chord 
                                  GG Piano Chord 


CHORUS:
Days turn to minutes and minutes to memories
D2D2 Piano Chord 
                       C9C9 Piano Chord 
         GG Piano Chord 


Life sweeps away the dreams that we have planned
D2D2 Piano Chord 
                               C9C9 Piano Chord 
      GG Piano Chord 


You are young and you are the future
D2D2 Piano Chord 
                C9C9 Piano Chord 
          GG Piano Chord 


So suck it up and tough it out and be the best that you can
AA Piano Chord 
                                                GG Piano Chord 


INTRO, TWICE, BOTH GUITAR PARTS

The rain hit the dog in the twilight's last gleaming
He said Son it sounds like rattling old bones
This highway is long but I know some that are longer
By sunup tomorrow I guess I'll be home

Through the hills of Kentucky 'cross the Ohio River
The old man kept talking 'bout his life and his times
He fell asleep with his head against the window
He said an honest man's pillow is his peace of mind

This world offers riches and riches will grow wings
I don't take stock in those uncertain things

CHORUS

INTRO, 4 TIMES, FIRST GUITAR ONLY

The old man had a vision but it was hard for me to follow
I do things my way and I pay a high price
When I think back on the old man and the bus ride
Now that I'm older I can see he was right

Another hot one out on highway eleven
This is my life It's what I've chosen to do
There are no free rides No one said it'd be easy
The old man told me this my son I'm telling it to you

CHORUS

FADE WITH INTRO

CHORD FORMATIONS:   (CAPO on the 2nd FRET!)
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D2 x 0 0 2 3 x
C9 x 3 2 0 3 0
GG Piano Chord 
  3 2 0 0 3 3
A  0 0 2 2 2 x