Hot Dogs And Hamburgers by John Mellencamp, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

Hot Dogs And Hamburgers

Biography:

John Mellencamp (born 7 October 1951 in Seymour, Indiana) is an American singer and a songwriter, known for a long and successful recording and performing career highlighted by a series of 1980s hits, including "Jack & Diane", and by his role in the Farm Aid charity event. Mellencamp currently lives in Bloomington, Indiana.

John's first record released was under the stage name "Johnny Cougar" at the behest of Tony DeFries, his first manager. Mellencamp claims it was against his knowledge and will, and he hated the name.

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Hot Dogs and Hamburgers-John Mellencamp
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Tabbed by:Nick V.
E-mail:[email protected]

From 1987's "Lonesome Jubilee".

Tuning:EADGBE

Capo II

Intro/Verses (For the chorus us a standard open G chord)

G C D
e|------0-0-0-------0-0-0----0-----2--2---0-----2--2-------------------------|
B|-0-0--1-1-1--0-0--1-1-1----1--0--3--3---1--0--3--3-------------------------|
G|-0-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0----0--0--2--2---0--0--2--2-------------------------|
D|-0-0--2-2-2--0-0--2-2-2----2--0--0--0---2--0--0--0-------------------------|
A|------x-x-x-------x-x-x----x-----0--0---x-----0--0-------------------------|
E|------x-x-x-------x-x-x----x-----x--x---x-----x--x-------------------------|

Accordion
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--0--1--3--3--1------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------2---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

C G D C G D G
Drivin' down a dry summer's day, old route 66 and I was just a kid
C G D G
Met a pretty little Indian girl along the way
C G D
Got her into my car and tried to give her a kiss
C G D G
"I'll give you beads and wampum"
C G D G
"Whatever it takes, girl to make you trade"
C D C D
She jumped into the back seat and she kinda flipped her lid
C D
She said, "You're trying to get somethin' for nothing
C G D
Like the pilgrims in the olden days."

G C G D G C

C G D G
We rode for a while, till the sun went away
C G D G
I realized it was a sort of an honor being around this girl
C G D
I felt embarrassed of what I tried to do earlier that day
C G D
She was the saddest girl I ever knew

C D G
She told me stories about the Indian nations
C G D
And how the white man stole their lives away
C G D
And although she kinda liked me, she could never trust me
C G D
And when the sun comes up, we go our different ways

G D
Now everybody has got the choice
C D
Between hotdogs and hamburgers
G D
Every one of us has got to choose
Em
Between right and wrong
C D
And givin' up or holdin' on

C G D G
So I dropped her off at some railroad crossing in Texas
C G D G
An old Indian man was waiting there
C G D G
He smiled and thanked me but he saw right through me
C G D G
I could tell he didn't like me, for my kind, he did not care
C G D
Because to him, I was the white man
C G D
The one who sold him something that he already owned
C G D
And it was like he'd been ridin' in the car right there with us
C G D
And I felt ashamed of my actions and the way the west was really won
G C
So I drove down the highway, till I came to Los Angeles
G D
To the town of the angels, the best this country can do
G C
I got down on my knees and I ask for forgiveness
D
I said, "lord, forgive us, for we know not what we do."

G D
Now everybody has got the choice
C D
Between hotdogs and hamburgers
G D
Every one of us has got to choose
Em
Between right and wrong
C D
And givin' up or holdin' on

Chords w/o capo:
C=D
G=A
D=E
Em=F#m

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