transcribed by Alex Ceserani


       Em               G              C                   D      
Ah, it aint so easy is it? you almost lost your place.
        G                    Am                  C                  D
And perhaps youre wondering how youre going to cope with your disgrace.
G                   Am                        C                  D
Well your wealth is well established and your friends were never few,
   (hold D )                                               G
And all the things they told you of youre finding to be true.
        Am                                       C            D
Well if truth can free the guilty while the innocent must die,
          G      ( Am )       C         D      G
Then I respect, respect, respect the coldest lie.



       Em                G                       C             D      
And you talk of human justice while you drive on fancy wheels.
        G                  Am            C               D
And you push them to their limit just to see how nice it feels.
        G              Am              C               D
Well it doesnt really matter if shes living or shes dead,
   (hold D )                                                  G
You just drive away forgetting that your bumpers dipped in red.
        Am                                       C              D
Well if thats the kind of justice that our hall of justice claims,
           G      ( Am )      C        D      G
Then I respect, respect, respect old jesse james.



         Em                  G                    C                 D      
And most cordially they caught you and they asked you to obey.
          G             Am               C                  D
And they threw you into prison, just in case you could not pay.
           G             Am             C              D
Well King Arthur jousted Lancelot, who stole away his wife;
   (hold D )                                                    G
And your lawyers jousted with the court to save your precious life.
        Am                                     C             D
Well if living is what matters though you lie with every breath,
          G      ( Am )        C         D      G
Then I respect, respect, the ones we put to death.




         Em                     G              C                   D      
And you won your case most easily and soon you will be free.
               G            Am           C              D
But there will be a million more    who lose their liberty.
       G                 Am             C                 D
Not because of what they did,      but what they did not do:
   (hold D )                                        G
They did not pay a lawyer or a judge to see them through.
          Am                                 C                     D
Why, they had no friends to call on and they could not raise their bail.
          G            ( Am )          C           D      G
Well if winning is what matters, I respect the ones who fail.