Chords for John Mellencamp stops Jack & Diane to school the audience on songwriting, live in San Francisco (4K)

So anyway, _ _ I thought at 25 I fucking knew everything. _ _
You couldn't tell me shit.
_ _ Cause I knew everything and seen everything and done everything, been everywhere. _
And nobody was going to tell me fucking nothing. _ _ _
Until I got a little older.
_ Then I realized I didn't know shit. _ _ _
So anyway, the last song is about how short life is.
And this is how a young person thought life would go on forever.
_ _ I [A] never did it.
[D] But [A] I have.
_ [G] Too bad I never did it.
[C] It ain't [A] all bad. _
[D] Jackie on the beat.
[A] Oh. _ _ _ _
[G] _ Dianne [D] straight to John, back to you.
[C] Oh, that [D] beats rock.
_ [G] _ Oh, yeah. _
_ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [N] Oh, yeah.
_ Oh, yeah.
_ _ Oh, yeah.
_ _ _ _ _ You guys [Eb] must have been absent today.
They taught [D] songwriting well. _
_ _ _ Songs have [Eb] things called verses.
_ [N] And then they have choruses.
And then sometimes they have bridges.
And then you have instrumental passages.
So anyway, _ [Ab] this song has two [Eb] verses and then goes to the chorus.
You motherfuckers just jump straight [N] to the chorus.
_ _ _ _ _ _ I was [Eb] 26 or 25 when I wrote this song.
It took me a long time to write this [Ab] second chorus, so I'm going to sing it.
[A] _ _ Check it out, we'll [D] figure it out.
[E] Outside the gates, please.
_ [G] _
[E] Dianne said I'm Jackie, but I'm [C] Dianne's [D] queen. _ _
[G] Jackie said, Dianne, [E] this one off, I'm J [A]
.D.
_ [G] Give it up for [D] the brother and sister [C] girl.
Let it do it.
[E] I'll make the chorus.
_ Oh, [Dm] yeah.
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[Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _
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[Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _
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[Em] _ _ [D] Jackie sits back, clenches his muscles [A] for a moment.
_ [G] _ _ [A] Scratches his head and does [C] his best [D] James Dean.
_ [G] Well, [E] in there, _ Dianne, come [D] up to see [G] me.
_ [D] Dianne says, baby, [C] yes. _
[D] _ And Jackie [G] says, [D] oh, yeah.
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[G] _ _ [D] Oh, yeah.
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Silver and black, they go. _ _
[Fm] Lift your Bible bell and come and [D] save my soul.
[Cm] Hold on to 16 as long as you can.
_ [F] James is coming around real soon. _
_ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ That's called the bridge.
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[D] Oh, yeah.
_ [A] Life goes on. _
[G] _ Our [D] path is real.
The pit is gone. _ [G] Oh, [D] yeah. _
[C] Life [D] goes _ _ _ [G] on.
Our [A] path is real.
[C] The pit is [A] gone. _
[G] _ [D] A little kid _ [Am] got Jackie, [D] Dianne.
_ [G] Too many [D] kids to [A] screw.
That's the way it is. _ _ _ _
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