Year: 2004 - Album: Words & Music: John Mellencamp's Greatest Hits
Written by John Mellencamp
Tuning:EADGBE Capo IV Intro: C/G Is this your life, Jackie Brown? (Figure #2) Em (Figure #3) Poorly educated and forced to live on the poor side of town C/G Is this your daughter, Jackie Brown? (Figure #2) Em (Figure #3) This pretty little girl in worn out clothes that have been hand-me-down C/G Is this your wife, Jackie Brown? (Figure #1) Em Sad blue eyes, walking on eggshells, so you don't see her frown F G C/G Is this your family Jackie Brown? (Figure #1) F C/G Dream of vacationing in a mountain stream Am G And giving the world more than it gave you F C/G What ugly truths freedom brings Am G And it hasn't been very kind to you F G C/G Is this your life, Jackie Brown? Violin/Guitar "Solo" C/G (Figure #3) Is this your meal, Jackie Brown? Em(Figure #4) Barely enough, I've seen people throw more than this out C/G Is this your home, Jackie Brown? Em(Figure #3) This three room shack, with no running water and a bathroom out back C/G Is this your grave, Jackie Brown? Em This little piece of limestone that says another desperate man took himself out F G C/G Is this your dream, Jackie Brown? F C/G Going nowhere and nowhere fast Am G We shame ourselves to watch people like this live F C/G But who gives a damn about Jackie Brown? Am G Just another lazy man who couldn't take what was his F G C/G One hell of a life, Jackie Brown F G C/G Forever more, Jackie Brown F G C/G Well, amen amen, Jackie Brown C/G