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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".
-
-