Jack-A-Roe Chords by Grateful Dead

[E] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ There was a wealthy [C]
merchant in love he [E] did dwell
_ [Am] He had a [C] beautiful daughter [F] the truth you [C] opted _
_ [Am] _ Oh [E] the truth you opted
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She _ _ _ _ had [C] sweethearts of plenty and midwife [E] degree _
But [Am] none [C] that Jack does say the [F] truth of [C] it.
_ _ _ [Am] _ [E] Oh
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Jack is [C] gonna sail it with trouble on [E] his mind
_ [Am] He's left his native [C] country and [F] his darling girl [C] behind
_ _ [Am] Oh [E] his darling [Am] girl behind _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [C] _ She _ [Am] _ _ [E] _
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_ went down [C] to a tailor shop and dressed in [E]
manserrey
_ She [C] climbed on board a vessel [F] and gunned herself [C] away
_ _ Oh [E] gunned [Am] herself away _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] Get on board sir you name it [E] like to know
She [Am] [C] smiled all in her confidence.
[F] They call me [C] Jack the Rope
_ _ [E] Oh
They call me [Am] Jack the Rope
I _ _ _ _ see your [C] waist is slender your fingers [E] they are small
_ [Am] Your cheeks too [C] red and [F] rosy face [C] cannonball
_ _ [Am] _ [E] Oh
the face [Am] cannonball
I _ _ _ _ know my [C] waist is slender my fingers [E] they are small
[Am] But it would not [C] make me [F] tremble to see ten [C] thousand fall
_ [Am] _ _ [E] Oh
Ten [Am] thousand fall _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ The war's been [C] over she went and looked [E] around
_ _ [Am] Among the dead [C] and wounded [F] her darling boy [C] she found
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[E] Oh her darling boy [Am] she found _ _
_ _ She picked [C] my ball in her arms and carried [E] it to the town
_ [A] She sent for [C] a bus and [F] she was quick to [C] give it to him
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Oh
[E] Quickly in [Am] this world _ _ _
_ _ This couple they [C] got married so well [E] they did agree
_ This [Am] couple [C] they got married so [F] why not [C] you and me?
_ _ [Am] Oh [E] why not [Am] you and me?
_ _ [E] Oh why not [Am] you and me? _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Oh why not [N] you and me?
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