John Oaks
Neil Young
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INTRO: F G G F G VERSE: G F G John Oaks is in the neighborhood G F G Protecting all the trees G F G He's the master of irrigation G F G And he knows what he sees VERSE: G F G Grape farmers watering everywhere G F G Pipes running where they please G F G John sees his laws are broken G F G Trees drowning where they breathe VERSE: G F G Now John used to be a mellow man G F G Drinking Chai and smoking weed G F G Ain't no one in the county G F G Ever see'd whatever he see'd CHORUS: G E E7 John Oaks, E E7 John Oaks, E E7 John Oaks, E E7 John Oaks, VERSE: G F G Old John rides in his pickup G F G With rakes and friends in the back G F G Workers he takes with him G F G Then he drives them all back VERSE: G F G To protect them from the politicians G F G Using them to get ahead G F G Preying on the people G F G Trying to get inside their heads VERSE: G F G John Oaks is really stand-up G F G He won't take shit lying down G F G He calls it like he sees it G F G And he puts his money down CHORUS: G E E7 John Oaks, G E E7 John Oaks, G E E7 John Oaks, G E E7 John Oaks, VERSE: G F G One day at the demonstration G F G John Oaks was standing up G F G He arrived there at the location G F G In his old pickup truck VERSE: G F G Took a rake in his hand G F G And his workers by his side G F G Stood there waiting for his turn G F G To speak and turn the tide VERSE: G F G When he found himself surrounded G F G By police everywhere G F G They tried to take his workers to jail G F G When he grabbed one by his hair CHORUS: G E E7 John Oaks, G E E7 John Oaks, G E E7 John Oaks, G E E7 John Oaks, VERSE: G F G Shots rang out and people yelled G F G As the police took control G F G Shot a black man right where he fell G F G With a sniper on the knoll VERSE: G F G John Oaks saw law and order G F G Was leading him astray G F G Tried to get back in his pickup G F G With his workers to get away VERSE: G F G That's when the police moved in G F G And stood there in his way G F G John started up his pickup G F G And that was his last day CHORUS: G E E7 John Oaks, G E E7 John Oaks, G E E7 John Oaks, G E E7 John Oaks, INSTRUMENTAL/G O: F G F G F G F C G VERSE: G F G They said he had a pistol G F G When the old pickup backfired G F G And shot him there behind the wheel G F G And then John Oaks expired VERSE: G F G The workers grabbed the rakes G F G And that's all that I can say G F G They went to the cemetery G F G And they stay there to this day CHORUS: G E E7 John Oaks, E E7 John Oaks, E E7 John Oaks, E E7 John Oaks, John Oaks OUTRO: E E7 E E7 E E7 E E7 E E7 John Oaks, E E7 John Oaks, E E7 John Oaks, E E7 John Oaks,
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