Don McLean
Respectable                transcribed by Alex Ceserani

Em (022000@1)   G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)	 D (xx0232@1)Ah, it aint so easy is it? you almost lost your place.
        G (320003@1)                  Am (x02210@1)                C (x32010@1)                DAnd (xx0232@1)perhaps youre wondering how youre going to cope with your disgrace.
G (320003@1)                 Am (x02210@1)                      C (x32010@1)                DWell (xx0232@1)your wealth is well established and your friends were never few,
   (hold D)  							   GAnd (320003@1)all the things they told you of youre finding to be true.
        Am (x02210@1)				   C (x32010@1)          DWell (xx0232@1)if truth can free the guilty while the innocent must die,
          G (320003@1)    (Am)       C (x32010@1)       D (xx0232@1)    GThen (320003@1)I respect, respect, respect the coldest lie.



Em (022000@1)    G (320003@1)           C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1)And you talk of human justice while you drive on fancy wheels.
        G (320003@1)                Am (x02210@1)          C (x32010@1)             DAnd (xx0232@1)you push them to their limit just to see how nice it feels.
        G (320003@1)            Am (x02210@1)            C (x32010@1)             DWell (xx0232@1)it doesnt really matter if shes living or shes dead,
   (hold D)  							      GYou (320003@1)just drive away forgetting that your bumpers dipped in red.
        Am (x02210@1)				   C (x32010@1)            DWell (xx0232@1)if thats the kind of justice that our hall of justice claims,
           G (320003@1)    (Am)      C (x32010@1)      D (xx0232@1)    GThen (320003@1)I respect, respect, respect old jesse james.



Em (022000@1)      G (320003@1)        C (x32010@1)     D (xx0232@1)And most cordially they caught you and they asked you to obey.
          G (320003@1)           Am (x02210@1)             C (x32010@1)                DAnd (xx0232@1)they threw you into prison, just in case you could not pay.
           G (320003@1)           Am (x02210@1)           C (x32010@1)            DWell (xx0232@1)King Arthur jousted Lancelot, who stole away his wife;
   (hold D)  								  GAnd (320003@1)your lawyers jousted with the court to save your precious life.
        Am (x02210@1)			       C (x32010@1)           DWell (xx0232@1)if living is what matters though you lie with every breath,
          G (320003@1)    (Am)        C (x32010@1)       D (xx0232@1)    GThen (320003@1)I respect, respect, the ones we put to death.



Em (022000@1)         G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)	 D (xx0232@1)And you won your case most easily and soon you will be free.
               G (320003@1)          Am (x02210@1)         C (x32010@1)            DBut (xx0232@1)there will be a million more    who lose their liberty.
       G (320003@1)               Am (x02210@1)           C (x32010@1)               DNot (xx0232@1)because of what they did,      but what they did not do:
   (hold D)  					        GThey (320003@1)did not pay a lawyer or a judge to see them through.
          Am (x02210@1)		         C (x32010@1)                   DWhy, (xx0232@1)they had no friends to call on and they could not raise their bail.
          G (320003@1)          (Am)          C (x32010@1)         D (xx0232@1)    GWell (320003@1)if winning is what matters, I respect the ones who fail.