Tablature check it out - John Mellencamp

          



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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".

  

   


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