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Check It Out - John Mellancamp (J.Mellancamp)

               The Lonesome Jubilee



Intro: This is played by an accordin or violin, can't tell but the tab follows.

(The 023 notes are a quick hammer on.)



D----2--------------2------------2--------------2---2--------2--2---

A-023--3-2-0-----023--3-2-----023--3-2-0-----023--3-------023--3----

E------------3-------------3-------------3------------3-----------3-



During the verses, C and G are open chords, then the F G combo are each barre

chords on the first and third frets, respectively.



C

A million poets

G

Screamin' out their words

     C

To a world full of people

     G

Just livin' to be heard

C

Future generations

              G

Ridin' on the highways that we built

  F                     G

I hope they have better understanding



         C

Check it out

                 G

Goin' to work on Monday

         C

Check it out

               G

Got yourself a family

         C

Check it out

             G

All utility bills have been paid

    F                                   G

You can't tell your best buddy that you love him

            C

So check it out

               G

Where does our time go

         C

Check it out

                         G

Got a brand new house in escrow

         C

Check it out

                        G

Sleepin' with your back to your loved one

        F                            G

This is all that we've learned about happiness





Intro





         C

Check it out

                          G

Forgot to say hello to my neighbors

         c

Check it out

                            G

Sometimes I question my own behavior

         C

Check it out

                        G

Talkin' about the girls that we've seen on the sly

        F                                   G

Just to tell our souls that we're still the young lions

            C

So check it out

                     G

Gettin' too drunk on Saturdays

         C

Check it out

                                 G

Playin football with the kids on Sundays

         C

Check it out

                    G

Soarin' with eagles all week long

            F                            G

And this is all that we've learned about living

        F                            G

This is all that we've learned about living





Lead Guitar (nearly the same as the intro, but with the change noted)



D----2--------------2------------2--------------2---5--

A-023--3-2-0-----023--3-2-----023--3-2-0-----023--3------

E------------3-------------3-------------3---------------



Then, jam with the following chords

Barre C (3rd fret)  Barre G (3rd fret)

Repeat twice

Barre F (lst fret)  Barre G (3rd fret)



C

A million your poets

G

Screamin' out their words

C

Maybe someday

      G

Those words will be heard

   C

By future generations

              G

Ridin' on the highways that we built

F                           G

Maybe they'll have a better understanding

         F

Check it out

                           G

Hope they'll have a better understanding

         F

Check it out

                            G

Maybe they'll have a better understanding

         F

Check it out

                            G

Maybe they'll have a better understanding

         F

Check it out

                             G

Hope they will have a better understanding





Intro (With the lyrics "Check it out" interspersed.)

Then, the fade with the first two phrases of the intro, followed by the

vocal lines "Check it out".