Chords for Jack-a-Roe

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_ _ _ _ _ _ Oh, there was a wealthy [C] merchant in London [Am] he did dwell.
_ _ _ _ He [C] had a lovely daughter, [F] the truth he will [C] tell. _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ Oh, [E] the truth he [Am] will tell. _ _ _ _ _
She had sweethearts plenty, and men of her degree. _
_ _ _ _ There was [C] none but Jackie Freeze, every true love had to be. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ Oh, [Em] the truth of that [Am] he _ did. _ _ _
Oh, daughter, oh, daughter, your body I will _ confine.
_ _ _ If none [C] but Jack the [F] Sailor would have this [C] heart of mine. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[Am] _ This _ _ _ _ body made in prison, my heart you can't confine. _
_ _ _ If none but [C] Jack the Sailor would have this heart of mine. _ _ _
[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Em] This [Am] heart of _ mine.
_ _ _ Oh, Jackie's gone a [C] sailing with trouble on [Am] his mind.
_ _ _ To leave his [C] native country [F] I had his darling [C] girl behind. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] Oh, _ [Em] his darling [Am] girl behind.
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_ _ _ She went into the tailor [C] shop and dressed [Am] in men's array. _ _ _ _
Then she went [C] into the [F] bustle to convey [C] herself away.
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Oh, [E] to convey [Am] herself away. _ _
_ _ _ Before you step on board, sir, your name I'd like to know. _ _ _ _ _
She smiled on her [C] account and said, they call me Jack the _ Robe.
_ _ _ _ [Am] Oh, _ [Em] they call me Jack [Am] the _ Robe.
_ _ Your waist is light and slender, [C] your fingers neat [Am] and small. _ _ _ _
Your cheeks too [C] red and rosy [F] for the face of a [C] cannonball.
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Oh, [E] the face of a [Am] cannonball. _ _
I _ know my waist is slender and [C] my fingers they [Am] are _ small. _ _
The day would not [C] make me tremble [F] for to see ten [C] thousand fall.
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Oh, [Em] to see [Am] ten thousand _ fall. _
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_ _ _ The wars [C] were being over, they hunted [Am] all _ around. _ _ _
Among [C] the dead and dying, her darling girl she found.
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Oh, _ [E] her darling girl [Am] she found. _ _
_ _ She picked him up all in her arms and carried him to town. _ _ _ _ _
Then sent [C] her a [F] petition to the king.
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Oh, _ [B] [Am] he _ displeased me. _
_ _ This couple they got married so where did they agree? _ _ _ _
This couple [C] they got married [F] so why not [C] me? _
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[Em] Oh, so why not [Am] me? _ _ _ _
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