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Justice and Independence 85 Chords

Music by: John Mellencamp
Tone B major BPM 118 Views 7
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[Intro 1]
[G][C][G][C]
[G][C][G][C][G][C]
[G][C][G][C][G]
He was [C]born on the

[Verse 1]
[G]fourth day of July
[C]So his parents called him
Inde[G]pendence [C]Day[G]
He [C]married [G]a girl named
Justice who gave [C]birth
To a son called Nation
Then she [G]walked [C]away[G]
[D]Independence he would daydream
and he'd pretend
[C]Tha[D]t someday him and Justice and Nation
would get together [C]again
But Justice held up in a shotgun shack
And she wouldn't let nobody in
So a Na[G]tion [C]cried[G]

[Verse 2]
Oh oh When [C]a Na
tion cries
His tears fall down like
[G]missiles from [C]the skies
[G]Justice look int[C]o
[F]Independence's eyes
[C]Can you make everything alright
[D]Can you keep your Na
[C]tion warm [G]tonight[C][G][C]

[Verse 3]
Well [G]Nation grew [C]up and got himself
a reputa[G]tion[C][G]
Couldn't [C]keep [G]the boy at home no no
[C]He just kept running 'ro[G]und and
'round and 'round and [C]'round[G]
[D]Independence and Justice well
they felt so [C]ashamed
When the [D]Nation fell down they
argued who was to [C]blame
Nation if you'll just come home
we'll have this family again
Oh Na[G]tion don't [C]cry[G]

[Verse 4]
Oh oh When [C]a Na
tion [F]cries
[C]His tears fall down like mis
[G]siles from [C]the skies
[G]Justice look int[C]o
[F]Independence's eyes
[C]Can you make everything alright
[D]Can you keep your Nation warm ton[C]ight

[Interlude 1]
[G][D]
[A][D][A][G][C][G][C][G][D]

[Verse 5]
Roll a rock across the [D]country
Everybody come along
[C]When you're feelin' dow[G]n yeah yeah
[C]Just sing this son[G]g yea[F]h yea[D]h[A][D][A][C]

[Outro 1]
[G][C][G][D][A][D][A][Am]
[G][C][G]
[A][F][G][C]
[G][D][G][C][G][C]
[G][C][F][C][D]
[C][F][C][G][C]
[G][C][F][C][D]
[C][G][C][G][C][G]
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