Jackaroe Chords by Joan Baez

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There was a [E] wealthy merchant in London, [G#] he did well.
[C#] He [D#] had a lovely daughter, the truth [E] to you I'll tell.
_ [C#] Oh, the truth [C#m] to you I'll tell.
She had [E] sweethearts aplenty and men of [G#] high degree.
_ [C#] There was none but [E] Jack the [A] Sailor, her true love [E] there could be. _
[C#] Oh, [G#] her true love there [C#m] could _ be.
_ _ _ Now, Jack [E] is gone a-sailing with trouble on [G#] _ his mind.
To leave his [E] native country [Am] and his darling [E] girl behind.
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Oh, _ _ [G#] girl [C#m] behind. _
_ _ _ She went [E] into a tailor shop and dressed in [G#] men's array.
_ And stepped on board [E] a vessel to convey herself away.
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Oh, [G#] convey [C#m] herself away. _ _
Before you step [E] on board, sir, your name I'd like [G#] to know.
[C#] She smiled [E] all in her [A] countenance, they call me [E] Jack O'Roe.
_ _ [C#m] Oh, [G#] they call me Jack [C#m] O'Roe.
_ _ _ Your waist is [E] light and slender, your fingers are [G#] neat and small.
_ [C#] Your cheeks [E] too red and [A] rosy to face the [E] cannonball. _ _
[C#] Oh, [G#] to face the [C#m] cannonball. _
I know [E] my waist is slender, my fingers are [G#] neat and small. _
[C#] But it would not make me [A] tremble to see [E] ten thousand fall.
_ [C#] Oh, [G#] to see ten [C#m] thousand _ fall.
_ _ _ War soon [E] being over, they hunted [G#] all around _ [C#] her.
And among [E] the dead and [Am] dying, her darling [E] boy she found. _
[C#] Oh, [G#] her darling boy [C#m] she found.
She picked [E] him up all in her arms and carried him [G#] to the jail. _ _
[C#] And sent [D#] for a [A] physician who quickly [E] healed his wounds.
_ [C#] Oh, [G#] who quickly healed [C#m] his wounds.
_ This couple [E] they got married, so well did [G#] they agree.
_ [C#] This couple they got [A] married, so why [E] not you and me?
_ [C#m] Oh, _ [G#] so why not [C#m] you and me? _
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