Mellencamp chords by Hailey Whitters

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: D

Intro:

 D/F#   G  | D    A  | D/F#   G  | Bm    A  :


Verse 1:
           D/F#       G                  D          A
When this world gets heavy, you're my square-body Chevy
           D/F#     G                Bm          A
And when shit goes south, you're my little pink house
         D/F#        G              D         A
When my road needs gravel and some good wood panel
         D/F#        G            Bm      A
Runnin' right down the middle of nowhere-bound

Pre-Chorus:
 D/F#   G        D               A        D/F#
Yeah
just take me back in time now
 G     Bm                 A
Yeah, hit me when you're five out


Chorus:
D/F#         G                   D                A
 Baby, pick me up and let's go shootin' out the stars in
D/F#         G                 Bm               A
 A cloud of dust, in just one touch, you steal my heartland
D/F#    G          D       A
 Talk about feelin' small town
           D/F#         G
You're my Jesus saves, my hell and back
 Bm               A
Born and raised, my first six-pack
 D/F#              G
Boys these days, they don't know Jack
D              A             D/F#       G     D     A
 But you makе my world more Mellencamp


Instrumental:
 D/F#   G  | Bm    A  :


Verse 2:
            D/F#              G               D                A
You'rе my shouldn't, but I'm gonna, got your temper from your mama
        D/F#      G               Bm            A
You're more Americana than them blue jeans or the Bible
       D/F#        G           D               A
Your two-step on the spot, so Baptist talkin' lot
    D/F#            G            Bm            A
My forever leather jacket never goin' out of style


Pre-Chorus:
 D/F#   G        D               A        D/F#
Yeah
just take me back in time now
 G     Bm                 A
Yeah, hit me when you're five out


Chorus:
D/F#         G                   D                A
 Baby, pick me up and let's go shootin' out the stars in
D/F#         G                 Bm               A
 A cloud of dust, in just one touch, you steal my heartland
D/F#    G          D       A
 Talk about feelin' small town
           D/F#         G
You're my Jesus saves, my hell and back
 Bm               A
Born and raised, my first six-pack
 D/F#              G
Boys these days, they don't know Jack
D              A             D/F#       G     D     A
 But you makе my world more Mellencamp


Instrumental:
 D/F#   G  | Bm    A  :


Bridge:
             D/F#        G              D       A
The way you love me and touch me, it's so seventeen
                D/F#        G          Bm       A
It feels like freedom and Friday and cheap gasoline
D/F#          G        D              A
How 'bout tonight we take it far as we can?
D/F#          G          Bm           A         D/F#    G
 How 'bout tonight I'll let you call me Diane?


Chorus:
           D                A
We'll go shootin' out the stars in
D/F#         G                 Bm               A
 A cloud of dust, in just one touch, you steal my heartland
D/F#    G          D       A
 Talk about feelin' small town
           D/F#         G
You're my Jesus saves, my hell and back
 Bm               A
Born and raised, my first six-pack
 D/F#              G
Boys these days, they don't know Jack
D              A             D/F#       G
 But you makе my world more Mellencamp


Outro:
D         A          D/F#       G     Bm     A     D/F#    G
 Make my world more Mellencamp
D             A          D/F#       G     Bm     A
 You make my world more Mellencamp


Ending:
 D/F#   G  | D    A  | D/F#   G  | Bm    A  :