Check it
out
C - G
- C - G - C - G - F - G
- F - G
C G
1. A million young poets screaming out their words
C G
to a
world full of people, just livin’ to be heard.
C G
Future generations ridin’ on the highways that we built,
F G
I hope they’ll have better understanding.
C G
2. Check it out, goin’ to work on Monday,
C G
check
it out, get yourself a family,
C G
check
it out, all utility pills have
been paid,
F
G
you
can’t tell your best buddy that you love him.
Am G
3. So check it out, where does our time go,
C G
check
it out, got a brand new house in escrow !
C G
Check it out, sleepin’
with your back to your loved one,
F G
this
is all that we’ve learned about happiness.
+ C - G
- C - G - C - G - F - G
- F - G
C G
4. Check it out, forgot to say hello to my neigbors,
C G
check
it out, sometimes I question my own behavior,
C
G
check
it out, talkin’ about the girls that we’ve seen on
the sly,
F G
just
to tell our souls that we’re still the young lions !
Am G
5. So check it out, getting’ too drunk on Saturdays,
C
G
check
it out, playin’ football with the kids on Sundays,
C Em
check
it out, soarin’ with eagles all week long !
F G
And this is all that we’ve
learned about livin’,
F G
this
is all that we’ve learned about livin’.
+ F - G
- F - G - F - G +
C - G - C - G - C - G
- F - G
Am - G Am - G
+ Check it out ! Check it out !
Am - G F - G
Check it out
! Check it out !
C
G
6. A million young poets screaming out their words,
C
G
maybe
someday those words will be heard
C G
by
future generations, riding on the highways that we built,
F G
maybe they’ll have a better understanding.
Am G
7. Check it out, hope they’ll
have a better understanding,
Am G
check
it out, maybe they’ll have a better understanding,
C Em
check it out,
maybe they’ll have a better understanding,
F G
check
it out, hope they’ll have a better understanding !
C - G C -
G C - G F - G
+ Check it out ! Check it out ! Check it out !
Am - G Am - G
Check it out
! Check it out .....
(John Cougar Mellencamp)