You Think You Know Somebody
Todd SniderVersion1
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You think you know somebody.
You think they know you.
You think you know somebody.
But man you never do.
Jackie used to live three blocks away from me
We used to throw the baseball and wed climb his old oak tree
And we would sneak his old man's cigarettes behind the picket fence
We swore that we would always be the best of friends
We used to sit out on the curb and talk on summer nights,
Until Jackie's daddyd call him, and then he took off like a light
Friday nights were all the same our high school senior year
We hung out at the river, drank Black Label beer
And we would listen to the Stones with all of our old friends
Maybe sneak a toke or two down where the river bends
I remember how I said I'd drive him home one Friday night
Well he said, "Go on without me, buddy, I'll be alright."
We went off to college to start our Freshman year
Well I went off to school about an hour away from here
But you know Jackie, he took off, went to college out of state
He used to call me all the time, he used to tell me it was great
He said, "I'm coming home for Christmas, and I hope you'll do the same"
Hed say that he was comin, but Jackie never came
The night that he got married, well I was his best man
Hes moved back to town and now were neighbors again
Ive since found myself a wife, so now Im married, too
Our families get together every Sunday afternoon
His boy and my boy they sit out and talk at night
'Til Jackie calls for his boy, and he takes off like a light
Last night I saw the flashing lights, and quickly ran outside
A neighbor lady told me that Jackie's youngest boy had died
And I was shocked to see the cops had Jackie handcuffed in the car
Til this morning's paper told me that Jackie'd gone too far
And now theyre sayin Jackie, he aint the only one to blame
Cause battered children, they almost always grow up to do the same
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Readable chord sheet for You Think You Know Somebody by Todd Snider
[Fmaj9] 0|---|---|---| |-1-|---|---| 0|---|---|---| |---|---|-4-| |---|---|-3-| x|---|---|---| [Am] [G] [Fmaj9] You t[Am]hink you know s[Fmaj9]omebody. You t[Am]hink they [Fmaj9]know you. You t[Am]hink you k[Fmaj9]now somebody. But m[G]an you never do. [C]Jackie used to live three blocks away from me [C]We used to throw the baseball and wed climb his old oak tree And we would s[F]neak his old man's cigarettes behind the picket fence We sw[C]ore that we would always be the [G]best of friends We used to [Am]sit out on the curb and[Em] talk on summer nights, Until[F] Jackie's daddyd call him, an[G]d then he took off like a light Friday nights were all the same our high school senior year We hung out at the river, drank Black Label beer And we would listen to the Stones with all of our old friends Maybe sneak a toke or two down where the river bends I remember how I said I'd drive him home one Friday night Well he said, "Go on without me, buddy, I'll be alright." We went off to college to start our Freshman year Well I went off to school about an hour away from here But you know Jackie, he took off, went to college out of state He used to call me all the time, he used to tell me it was great He said, "I'm coming home for Christmas, and I hope you'll do the same" Hed say that he was comin, but Jackie never came The night that he got married, well I was his best man Hes moved back to town and now were neighbors again Ive since found myself a wife, so now Im married, too Our families get together every Sunday afternoon His boy and my boy they sit out and talk at night 'Til Jackie calls for his boy, and he takes off like a light Last night I saw the flashing lights, and quickly ran outside A neighbor lady told me that Jackie's youngest boy had died And I was shocked to see the cops had Jackie handcuffed in the car Til this morning's paper told me that Jackie'd gone too far And now theyre sayin Jackie, he aint the only one to blame Cause battered children, they almost always grow up to do the same