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Sweet Revenge

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[Verse 1]
I got Gkicked off of Noah's Ark
I turned my Ccheek to unkind reGmarks
There was two of everything and one of D7me
And when the Grains came tumblin down
I held my Cbreath and I stood my Gground
And I watch that ship go D7sailing out to CseGa
[Chorus]
Take it Cback, take it back
Oh Gno you can't say that
All of my friends are not dead or in D7jail
Through Grock and through stone
The Cblack wind still Gmoans
Sweet revenge, sweet reD7venge without CfaiGl
[Verse 2]
I caught an Gaisle seat on a plane
Drove an CEnglish teacher half inGsane
Makin' up jokes about bicycle spokes and red balD7loons
So I Gcalled up my local deejay
And he Cdidn't have a lot to Gsay
But the radio has learned D7all of my favorite CtuneGs
[Chorus]
Take it Cback, take it back
Oh Gno you can't say that
All of my friends are not dead or in D7jail
Through Grock and through stone
The Cblack wind still Gmoans
Sweet revenge, sweet reD7venge without CfaiGl
[Verse 3]
GThe white meat is on the run
And the Cdark meat is far too Gdone
And the milkman left me a note yesterD7day
Get Gout of this town by noon
You're Ccomin' home way to Gsoon
And besides that we never D7liked you anyCwaGy
[Chorus]
Take it Cback, take it back
Oh Gno you can't say that
All of my friends are not dead or in Djail
Through Grock and through stone
The Cblack wind still Gmoans
Sweet revenge, sweet reD7venge without CfaiGl
Sweet revenge, sweet reD7venge will preCvail without Gfail

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Sweet Revenge

by John Prine

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[Verse 1]

I got kicked off of Noah's Ark

C G

I turned my cheek to unkind remarks

There was two of everything and one of me

And when the rains came tumblin down

C G

I held my breath and I stood my ground

D7 C G

And I watch that ship go sailing out to sea

[Chorus]

Take it back, take it back

Oh no you can't say that

All of my friends are not dead or in jail

Through rock and through stone

C G

The black wind still moans

D7 C G

Sweet revenge, sweet revenge without fail

[Verse 2]

I caught an aisle seat on a plane

C G

Drove an English teacher half insane

Makin' up jokes about bicycle spokes and red balloons

So I called up my local deejay

C G

And he didn't have a lot to say

D7 C G

But the radio has learned all of my favorite tunes

[Chorus]

Take it back, take it back

Oh no you can't say that

All of my friends are not dead or in jail

Through rock and through stone

C G

The black wind still moans

D7 C G

Sweet revenge, sweet revenge without fail

[Verse 3]

The white meat is on the run

C G

And the dark meat is far too done

And the milkman left me a note yesterday

Get out of this town by noon

C G

You're comin' home way to soon

D7 C G

And besides that we never liked you anyway

[Chorus]

Take it back, take it back

Oh no you can't say that

All of my friends are not dead or in jail

Through rock and through stone

C G

The black wind still moans

D7 C G

Sweet revenge, sweet revenge without fail

D7 C G

Sweet revenge, sweet revenge will prevail without fail

About Sweet Revenge Chords by John Prine

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What key is "Sweet Revenge" in?

The chords for "Sweet Revenge" show the original chord names (including G, C, D7, D). Use transpose to move the song into any key that fits your voice or capo.