John Mellencamp - Pink Houses

Originally in G, I play in E

Intro

EA→ Ex4

There’s a bElack man, with a black cat, living in a black neighborhood

He’s got an interstate running through his front yard

You know he thDinks he’s, Agot it so goEod

E

And there’s a Ewoman, in the kitchen, cleaning up the evening slop

And he loDoks at her and says

Hey darlin’ AI can remember when you could Estop a clock

EA→ Ex2

Well there’s a Eyoung man, in a t-shirt, listening to a rock and roll station

He’s got greasy hair and a, greasy smile

He says Dlord this must Abe my destinatEion

E

Cause he tEold me, when I was younger, said boy ya gonna be president

But just like eDverything else, those old cArazy dreams, kinda came and Ewent

EA→ Ex3

DAEEx4

E

Well there’s pEeople, and more people, and what do they know know know

Go to work in some high-rise, and vaDcation down at the AGulf of MexiEco, ooh yeah

And there’s wEinners, and there’s losers, but that ain’t no big deal

Cause the Dsimple man, baby, pays for Athrills, with bills, and Epills that kill

EA→ Ex4