{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1078134,"song":"Respectable","artist":"Don McLean","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1078134-respectable-chords-by-don-mclean/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1078134?type=chord","rating":4.94643,"votes":4,"content":"Don McLean\r\nRespectable                transcribed by Alex Ceserani\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]      \r\nAh, it aint so easy is it? you almost lost your place.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd perhaps youre wondering how youre going to cope with your disgrace.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell your wealth is well established and your friends were never few,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd all the things they told you of youre finding to be true.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell if truth can free the guilty while the innocent must die,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]       ([ch]D[/ch])      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen I respect, respect, respect the coldest lie.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]    \r\nAnd you talk of human justice while you drive on fancy wheels.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd you push them to their limit just to see how nice it feels.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell it doesnt really matter if shes living or shes dead,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou just drive away forgetting that your bumpers dipped in red.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell if thats the kind of justice that our hall of justice claims,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]       ([ch]D[/ch])    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen I respect, respect, respect old jesse james.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]      \r\nAnd most cordially they caught you and they asked you to obey.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd they threw you into prison, just in case you could not pay.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell King Arthur jousted Lancelot, who stole away his wife;[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd your lawyers jousted with the court to save your precious life.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell if living is what matters though you lie with every breath,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]      ([ch]D[/ch])     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen I respect, respect, the ones we put to death.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch] \r\nAnd you won your case most easily and soon you will be free.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut there will be a million more who lose their liberty.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNot because of what they did, but what they did not do:[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey did not pay a lawyer or a judge to see them through.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhy, they had no friends to call on and they could not raise their bail.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]            ([ch]D[/ch])  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell if winning is what matters, I respect the ones who fail. [/tab]","plain_text":"Don McLean\nRespectable                transcribed by Alex Ceserani","chords":["Em","G","C","D","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}