Jackie (Brel/Jouannest/Shuman) Intro: Gm Dm x4 Verse 1

^GmAnd if one ^Dmday I should be^Gmcome a singer ^Dmwith a Spanish ^Gmbum Who sings for ^Dmwomen of great ^Gmvirtue^Dm

^GmI'd sing to ^Dmthem with a gui^Gmtar I'd borrowed ^Dmfrom a coffee ^Gmbar Well, what you ^Dmdon't know doesn't ^Gmhurt you!^Dm

^GMy name would be Anton^Gmaj7io and all my bridges I would ^Gmaj6burn And when I gave them some they'd ^Gmaj7know I^G'd expect something in re^Amturn^D ^Am ^D

Am Am(maj7) Am7 I'd have to get drunk every night and talk about virility

With some old Grandmama who ^Am6might be decked out like a Christmas ^B7tree ^EmAnd though pink ^Bmelephants I'd ^Emsee, though I'd be ^Bmdrunk as I could ^Embe

Still I would ^Bmsing my song to ^Emme about the ^Am7time they called me ^GJackie

Chorus

If I could ^Gbe^Gmaj7 for only an ^Gmaj6hour ^Gmaj7 If I could ^Gbe for an ^Gmaj7hour every ^Amday ^D

Am Am(maj7) Am7 Am6 If I could be for just one little hour

A cute ^Dcute in a stupid-assed way ^Gm ^Dm ^Gm ^Dm

Verse 2

^GmAnd if I ^Dmjoined the social ^Gmworld, became pro^Dmcurer of young ^Gmgirls Then I would ^Dmhave my own bor^Gmdellos^Dm

^GmMy record ^Dmwould be number ^Gmone and I'd sell ^Dmrecords by the ^Gmton All sung by ^Dmmany other ^Gmfellows^Dm

^GMy name would then be Handsome ^Gmaj7Jack and I'd sell boats of opi^Gmaj6um Whisky that came from Twicke^Gmaj7nham, ^G authentic queers and phoney ^Am7virg^Dins^Am7 ^D

Am Am(maj7) Am7 If I had banks on every finger, a finger in every country

And all the countries ruled by me^Am6 I'd still know where I'd ^B7want to be ^EmLocked up in^Bmside my opium ^Emden surrounded ^Bmby some China^Emmen

I'd sing the ^Bmsong that I sang ^Emthen about the ^Am7time they called me ^GJackie

repeat chorus Verse 3

^GmNow tell me ^Dmwouldn't it be ^Gmnice that if one ^Dmday in Para^Gmdise I'd sing for ^Dmall the ladies ^Gmup there ^Dm

^GmAnd they would ^Dmsing along with ^Gmme, we'd be so ^Dmhappy, that'd ^Gmbe 'Cos down be^Dmlow is really ^Gmnowhere^Dm

^GAnd if my name were Juni^Gmaj7per and I would know where I was ^Gmaj6going And I would become ^Gmaj7all-knowing, my beard so ^Gvery long and ^Am7flow^Ding^Am7 ^D

Am Am(maj7) Am7 If I became deaf, dumb and blind because I pitied all mankind

And broke my heart to make things ^Am6right I'd know that every ^B7single night

^EmWhen my an^Bmgelic work was ^Emthrough the angels ^Bmand the Devil ^Emtoo Would sing my ^Bmchildhood song to ^Emme about the ^Am7time they called me ^GJackie

repeat chorus Gm Dm x4 end on G

Scott Walker - Jackie