Jackie
(Brel/Jouannest/Shuman)
Intro: Gm (355333@1)name="chord_xx0231@1">Dm x4
Verse 1
Gm (355333@1) Dm (xx0231@1) Gm (355333@1) Dm (xx0231@1) Gm (355333@1)And if one day I should become asinger (x02210@1)with aSpanish (x02210@1)bum
Dm (xx0231@1) Gm (355333@1) Dm (xx0231@1) Who sings for women of great virtue
Gm (355333@1) Dm (xx0231@1) Gm (355333@1) Dm (xx0231@1) Gm (355333@1)I'd sing to them with aguitar (x02210@1)I'd borrowed from acoffee (x02210@1)bar
Dm (xx0231@1) Gm (355333@1) Dm (xx0231@1)Well, what you don't know doesn't hurt you!
G (320003@1) Gmaj7 (xx5432@1) Gmaj6
My name would be Antonio and all my bridges I would burn
Gmaj7 (xx5432@1)name="chord_320003@1">G Am (x02210@1)D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am D (xx0232@1)And when I gave them some they'd know I'd expect something in return
Am (x02210@1) Am(maj7) Am7 (x02010@1)I'd have to get drunk every night and talk about virility
Am6 (x02212@1) B7 (x21202@1)With some old Grandmama who might be decked out like aChristmas (x02210@1)tree
Em (022000@1) Bm (x24432@1) Em (022000@1) Bm (x24432@1) Em (022000@1) And though pink elephants I'd see, though I'd be drunk as I could be
Bm (x24432@1) Em (022000@1) Am7 (x02010@1) G (320003@1) Still I would sing my song to me about the time they called me Jackie
Chorus
G (320003@1)name="chord_xx5432@1">Gmaj7 Gmaj6 Gmaj7 (xx5432@1)If I could be for only an hour
G (320003@1) Gmaj7 (xx5432@1) Am (x02210@1)D (xx0232@1)If I could be for an hour every day
Am (x02210@1) Am(maj7) Am7 (x02010@1)Am6 (x02212@1)
If I could be for just one little hour
D (xx0232@1) Gm (355333@1)name="chord_xx0231@1">Dm Gm (355333@1)name="chord_xx0231@1">Dm
Acute (x02220@1)cute in astupid-assed (x02210@1)way
Verse 2
Gm (355333@1) Dm (xx0231@1) Gm (355333@1) Dm (xx0231@1) Gm (355333@1)And if I joined the social world, became procurer of young girls
Dm (xx0231@1) Gm (355333@1) Dm (xx0231@1)Then I would have my own bordellos
Gm (355333@1) Dm (xx0231@1) Gm (355333@1) Dm (xx0231@1) Gm (355333@1)My record would be number one and I'd sell records by the ton
Dm (xx0231@1) Gm (355333@1) Dm (xx0231@1)All sung by many other fellows
G (320003@1) Gmaj7 (xx5432@1) Gmaj6
My name would then be Handsome Jack and I'd sell boats of opium
Gmaj7 (xx5432@1)name="chord_320003@1">G Am7 (x02010@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D Am7 (x02010@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
Whisky that came from Twickenham, authentic queers and phoney virgins
Am (x02210@1) Am(maj7) Am7 (x02010@1)If I had banks on every finger, afinger (x02210@1)in every country
Am6 (x02212@1) B7 (x21202@1)And all the countries ruled by me I'd still know where I'd want to be
Em (022000@1) Bm (x24432@1) Em (022000@1) Bm (x24432@1) Em (022000@1)Locked up inside my opium den surrounded by some Chinamen
Bm (x24432@1) Em (022000@1) Am7 (x02010@1) G (320003@1)I'd sing the song that I sang then about the time they called me Jackie
repeat chorus
Verse 3
Gm (355333@1) Dm (xx0231@1) Gm (355333@1) Dm (xx0231@1) Gm (355333@1) Now tell me wouldn't it be nice that if one day in Paradise
Dm (xx0231@1) Gm (355333@1) Dm (xx0231@1)I'd sing for all the ladies up there
Gm (355333@1) Dm (xx0231@1) Gm (355333@1) Dm (xx0231@1) Gm (355333@1)And they would sing along with me, we'd be so happy, that'd be
Dm (xx0231@1) Gm (355333@1) Dm (xx0231@1)'Cos down below is really nowhere
G (320003@1) Gmaj7 (xx5432@1) Gmaj6
And if my name were Juniper and I would know where I was going
Gmaj7 (xx5432@1) G (320003@1) Am7 (x02010@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D Am7 (x02010@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
And I would become all-knowing, my beard so very long and flowing
Am (x02210@1) Am(maj7) Am7 (x02010@1)If I became deaf, dumb and blind because I pitied all mankind
Am6 (x02212@1)And broke my heart to make things right
B7 (x21202@1)I'd know that every single night
Em (022000@1) Bm (x24432@1) Em (022000@1) Bm (x24432@1) Em (022000@1)When my angelic work was through the angels and the Devil too
Bm (x24432@1) Em (022000@1) Am7 (x02010@1) G (320003@1)Would sing my childhood song to me about the time they called me Jackie
repeat chorus
Gm (355333@1)name="chord_xx0231@1">Dm x4 end on G (320003@1)