Respectable Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Ah, it [Am]ain't so easy is [G]it?
[C]You almost lost [D]your place.
And per[G]haps you're wondering [Am]how you're
going to [C]cope with your [D]disgrace.
[G]Well your wealth is well [Am]established and
[C]your friends were never [D]few,
And all the things they told you of
you're finding to be [G]true.
Well if [Am]truth can free the guilty
while the [C]innocent [D]must die,
Then I re[G]spect, [Am]respect,
[C]respect [D]the cold[G]est lie.

[Verse 2]
[G]
And you [Am]talk of human [G]justice while
you [C]drive on fancy [D]wheels.
[G]An d you push them to their [Am]limit
just [C]to see how [D]nice it feels.
[G]Well it doesn't really [Am]matter
if she's [C]living or she's [D]dead,
You just drive away forgetting that
your bumper's dipped in [G]red.
Well if [Am]that's the kind of justice
that our [C]hall of justice [D]claims,
Then I re[G]spect, [Am]respect,
re[C]spect old [D]Jesse [G]James.

[Verse 3]
And most [Am]cordially they [G]caught you
and they [C]asked you [D]to obey.
And [G]they threw you into [Am]prison,
just in [C]case you [D]could not pay.
Well [G]King Arthur jous[Am]ted Lancelot,
[C]who stole away [D]his wife;
And your lawyers jousted with the
court to save [G]your precious life.
Well if [Am]living is what matters though
you [C]lie with every [D]breath,
Then I re[G]spect, re[Am]spect,
[C]the ones we [D]put to [G]death.

[Verse 4]
[G]
And you [Am]won your case most e[G]asily
[C]and soon you will be [D]free.
[G]But there will be a mil[Am]lion more
[C]who lose their [D]liberty.
[G]Not because of [Am]what they did,
but [C]what they did [D]not do:
They did not pay a lawyer or
a judge to see [G]them through.
Why, they [Am]had no friends to call on
and they could [C]not raise their [D]bail.
Well if [G]winning is what mat[Am]ters,
I [C]respect [D]the ones who [G]fail