Jackie
View chords used in this chart
Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
[Intro]
Bm D A G
[Verse 1]
D
Half a section in the short grass at the foot of the plains
A G D
Grows broomweed in the dry times, ragweed when it rains
D
It's all she's got left that the lawyers don't claim
A G
Jackie does her damn best, never one to complain
Bm D A G
D
She's been green breaking horses when she's home from the road
A G
Waiting on dispatch to find her a load
D
She leased all but the trap, ponies can't graze a thing
A G
Another bobtail of coastal ought to last them 'til spring
Bm D A G
D
There were pitchers on the tables and kids running 'round
A G
Four generations of a blinking light town
D
It was the Cotton Eyed Joe or maybe just the right glance
A G
She got to going with Randy at the Friday night dance
[Chorus]
Bm D
I just got two rules, if my conscience be known
A G
Don't lie to me, don't bring me nothing home
Bm D
Faithful's a nice word in Sunday school class
A G
Life's just too crazy for that
Bm D A G
[Verse 2]
D
Randy says not to worry, he'll feed while she's gone
A G
She's got the Freightliner idling half up on his lawn
D
He don't like her driving when the northers come blue
A G
But if the horses went hungry Lord knows what she'd do
D
'Round Christmas up the Caprock you can see all the towns
A G
And the courthouses lit up for ten miles around
D
It's a magical time to be traveling the roads
A G
Watch the country roll by in the halogens' glow
[Chorus]
Bm D
I just got two rules, if my conscience be known
A G
Don't lie to me, don't bring me nothing home
Bm D
Faithful's a nice word in Sunday school class
A G
Life's just too crazy for that
Bm D A G
[Bridge]
D
She jack knifed on black ice with an oversized load
A G
There's a white cross in the borrow ditch where she went off the road
D
She wasn't going that fast, the responders all say
A G
How it ended that bad, we can wonder all day
[Chorus]
Bm D
I just got two rules, if my conscience be known
A G
Don't lie to me, don't bring me nothing home
Bm D
Faithful's a nice word in Sunday school class
A G
Life's just too short for all that
Bm D
I just got two rules, if my conscience be known
A G
Don't lie to me, don't bring me nothing home
Bm D
Faithful's a nice word in Sunday school class
A G
Life's just too short for all that
A G
Life's just too short for all that
Bm
for all that
[Outro]
Bm D A G
How to play Jackie
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.