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Jackie Down The Line

• Intro

Intro
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Do do do
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La la la

Verse 1
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My friend Sally says she knows ya
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Got a funny point of view
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Says you got away with murder
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Maybe one time, maybe two
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Something happens in the morning
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When I can’t see those failing eyes
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I can’t find a good word for ya
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Does it come as a surprise?

Chorus
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I don’t think we’d rhyme
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I will wear you down in time
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I will hurt you, I’ll desert you
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I am Jackie down the line

Verse 2
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Said did Sally ’bout a future
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Before you bored of her as well
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If all you want is entertainment
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If you can’t have it you make hell

Pre-Chorus
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Don’t make no odds for ye
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To be told, yeah
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Don’t make no odds for ye
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To be told, yeah

Chorus
          G         Bm
I don’t think we’d rhyme
       G                 Bm
I will wear you down in time
        G               Bm
I will hurt you, I’ll desert you
       G             Bm
I am Jackie down the line
          G         Bm
I don’t think we’d rhyme
        G                Bm
I will make your secrets mine
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I will hate ye, I’ll debase ye
      G              Bm
I am Jackie down the line

G     Bm
Do do do
G     Bm
La la la

Verse 3
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So come on down to Sally’s boneyard
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See her spirit in decline
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See the handsome mourners crying
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They hawked a beating heart for a sturdy spine, yeah
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What good is happiness to me
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If I’ve to wield it carefully?
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For care I’ll always come up short
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It’s only right

Chorus
          G         Bm
I don’t think we’d rhyme
       G                 Bm
I will wear you down in time
        G               Bm
I will hurt you, I’ll desert you
         G            Bm
I’m one Jackeen of a line
          G         Bm
I don’t think we’d rhyme
        G                Bm
I will take up all your time
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I will chew ye, I’ll go through ye
      G              Bm
I am Jackie down the line
          G         Bm
I don’t think we’d rhyme
        G                 Bm
I will make your secrets mine
        G              Bm
I will hate ye, I’ll debase ye
       G              Bm
I am Jackie down the line
             G              Bm
And I will stone ye, I’ll alone ye
      G               Bm
I am Jackie down the line
          G               Bm
If I can make you, I can break you
       G             Bm
I am Jackie down the line
       G             Bm
I am Jackie down the line

Outro
G     Bm
Do do do
G     Bm
La la la

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