Don McLean - Respectable

And perh^Gaps youre wondering h^Amow youre going to co^Cpe with your disgra^Dce. ^GWell your wealth is ^Amwell established and your ^Cfriends were never ^Dfew, (hold D) G And all the things they told you of youre finding to be true. Am C D Well if truth can free the guilty while the innocent must die, G (Am) C D G Then I respect, respect, respect the coldest lie.

And you ^Gpush them to their ^Amlimit just to ^Csee how nice it ^Dfeels. Well it ^Gdoesnt really m^Amatter if shes li^Cving or shes dea^Dd, (hold D) G You just drive away forgetting that your bumpers dipped in red. Am C D Well if thats the kind of justice that our hall of justice claims, G (Am) C D G Then I respect, respect, respect old jesse james.

And they t^Ghrew you into ^Amprison, just in c^Case you could not p^Day. Well King A^Grthur jousted ^AmLancelot, who s^Ctole away his w^Dife; (hold D) G And your lawyers jousted with the court to save your precious life. Am C D Well if living is what matters though you lie with every breath, G (Am) C D G Then I respect, respect, the ones we put to death.

But there will ^Gbe a million ^Ammore who l^Cose their liber^Dty. Not bec^Gause of what they ^Amdid, but w^Chat they did not d^Do: (hold D) G They did not pay a lawyer or a judge to see them through. Am C D Why, they had no friends to call on and they could not raise their bail. G (Am) C D G Well if winning is what matters, I respect the ones who fail.