John Mellencamp - Simply a one-eyed jack

^DThe Gypsy King is dealing his cards From the bottom of the ^Cdeck ^D Hasn't won a hand, leastways not as ^Cyet The ^Gtable's getting angry Some have folded up their ^Dcards ^DOthers keep on betting Even ^Cthough they know they're ^G/Bplaying a loser's ^Ggame Looking for the one-eyed ^DJack

^DSalome is frying chicken And the smell of grease is filling up the ^Croom ^DJohn the Baptist, well he's left the game too ^Csoon ^GSalome has a frying pan in her ^Dhand She'd like to ^Dtake out the kind of man That ^Ceveryone is ^G/Bwatching as she's ^Ggoing after The one-eyed ^DJack

^DSome people want to party others are trying to ^Cleave ^DSome are telling stories that are That are just impossible to be^Clieve The ^Glong day's journey is turning into ^Dnight ^DSalome looks crazy and she's ^Chigher than a ^G/Bkite ^GNo one is in favor Of the one-eyed ^DJack

^DMoney and power is the name of the ^Cgame ^DIt started out as Spit In The Ocean But things have rapidly ^Cchanged It will ^Gnever go back to the way it used to ^Dbe ^DNature deals with no one, what's the ^Ccause So ^G/Bmany eyes will not ^Gsee It's the one-eyed ^DJack

I'd ^Dlike to go somewhere safe Watch the world as it ^Cchanges And ^Dbecome a folk singer Sing a song that stops corruption and ^Cpain But ^Gthere's no reason for that now We're a long way ^Dsomehow We'd ^Dbetter make a move or ^Cbecome the victim^G/B of ^G That lying one-eyed ^DJack