Crooked Jack chords
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Capo 1
Intro: Em D Bm Asus2 G F#m (4x)
G Bm
A blacksmith courted me
Em Asus2
Nine months and better
C Bm
He fairly won my heart
D Em D
He wrote me a letter
G Asus2
With his hammer in his hand
Em F#m B7
He looked quite clever
G Bm D C#
And if I was with my love
C D Em D Bm Asus2 G F#m
I would live for-ev-er
(Pre-Chorus)
Em
Come Irishmen, both young and stern
D
With adventure in your soul
Em
There are better ways to spend your days
D Em
Than working down a hole
(Chorus)
G Bm
I was tall and true, all of 6 foot 2
C F#m
But they broke me across the back
C D
By a name I'm known but it's not my own
Em D Asus2
They call me Crooked Jack
But where's my love gone
With his cheeks like roses
And his good black Billycock on
Decked around with primroses
I fear the blazing sun
Will shine and burn his beauty
And if I was with my love
I would do my duty
(Pre-Chorus)
The ganger's blue-eyed boy was I
Big Jack could do no wrong
And the reason simply was because
I could work hard hours and long
(Chorus)
(solos) Em D C D (4x)
Em D
Strange news is come to town
C D Em
Strange news is carried
Em D
Strange news is come to town
C D Em
That my love is married
Oh I wish them both much joy
Though they can't hear me
And may God reward them well
For the slighting of me
(Pre-Chorus)
And I've seen old men before their time
Their faces drawn and gray
But I never thought so soon would be mine
Be lined in the self same way
(Bridge)
G Bm
Do you remember when
Em A7
You lay beside me
C Bm
And you said you'd marry me
B7 Em Em6
And not deny me
D Em
If I said I'd marry you
(Em)(D) C D
It was only for to try you
(C)Em D Bm
So bring your witness love
C D Em
And I'll not deny you
(vocalized chord)
(Chorus)
(This riff is a work in progress, and I'll put the rest up once I figure it all
out.)
Em D Bm Bb Cm C# Bm Asus2 Asus2 D C# Bm Asus2
(overlapping)
Em D
1: They say that honest toil is good
C D
For the spirit and the soul
Em D
But believe me boys it's for sweat and blood
C D
That they want you down a hole
G Bm
I was tall and true, all of 6 foot 2
C F#m
But they broke me across the back
C D
By a name I'm known but it's not my own
Em D Em
They call me Crooked Jack
Em D
2: No witness have I none
C D
Save God Almighty
Em D
And may he reward you well
C D
For the slighting of me
G Bm
Her lips grew pale and wan
C F#m
It made a poor heart to tremble
C D
To think she loved a one
E D Em
And he proved decietful
Okay... I think that's it.