Chords for Jackaroe (Traditional)
Tempo:
98.85 bpm
Chords used:
D
B
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F#
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D] [B]
[F#] There was wealthy [D] merchant in London [G#] he did dwell, He [B] had a [C#] lovely daughter, [G] the truth to you I'll [D] tell, [F#] Oh, [C#] the truth to you [B] I'll tell.
She had [D] sweethearts plenty and men [F#] of high degree, [B] If none but [D] child of [G] sailor, her true lover could [D] be,
[G#] Oh, her true lover [B] could be.
[F#] confine, [B] If none but child of [G] sailor would ever sweet [D] your mine, [B] Oh, [C#] would ever [B] sweet your mine.
bother you [C#] in prison, my heart [G#] will come confine, If [Bm] none but child of sailor [G] would have this heart [D] of mine, [G#] Oh, would have this [B] heart of mine.
sailing with trouble [C#] in his mind, [B] To leave his native [D] country [G] his darling girl [D] behind, [F#] Oh, [F#m] his darling [B] girl behind.
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[F#] There was wealthy [D] merchant in London [G#] he did dwell, He [B] had a [C#] lovely daughter, [G] the truth to you I'll [D] tell, [F#] Oh, [C#] the truth to you [B] I'll tell.
She had [D] sweethearts plenty and men [F#] of high degree, [B] If none but [D] child of [G] sailor, her true lover could [D] be,
[G#] Oh, her true lover [B] could be.
[F#] confine, [B] If none but child of [G] sailor would ever sweet [D] your mine, [B] Oh, [C#] would ever [B] sweet your mine.
bother you [C#] in prison, my heart [G#] will come confine, If [Bm] none but child of sailor [G] would have this heart [D] of mine, [G#] Oh, would have this [B] heart of mine.
sailing with trouble [C#] in his mind, [B] To leave his native [D] country [G] his darling girl [D] behind, [F#] Oh, [F#m] his darling [B] girl behind.
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_ _ _ [F#] There was wealthy [D] merchant in London [G#] he did dwell, _ He [B] had a [C#] lovely daughter, [G] the truth to you I'll [D] tell, _ _ [F#] Oh, [C#] the truth to you [B] I'll tell.
_ _ She had [D] sweethearts plenty and men [F#] of high degree, _ _ [B] If none but [D] child of [G] sailor, her true lover could [D] be, _ _
[G#] Oh, her true lover [B] could _ _ be.
Oh, [G#] daughter, oh, [C#] daughter, you bother [G#] will _
[F#] confine, [B] If none but child of [G] sailor would ever sweet [D] your mine, _ _ [B] Oh, [C#] would ever [B] sweet your mine.
_ [Bm] This bother you [C#] in prison, my heart [G#] will come _ confine, If [Bm] none but child of sailor [G] would have this heart [D] of mine, _ _ [G#] Oh, would have this [B] heart of mine.
_ Jack is gone [G#] a sailing with trouble [C#] in his mind, [B] To leave his native [D] country [G] his darling girl [D] behind, _ _ [F#] Oh, [F#m] his darling [B] girl behind.
_ _ She went [D] into the tailor and dressed in [G#] menswear, _ _ And step on board [D] the base, all [G] converse, [D] self away, _ _
_ [G#] All converse, self away.
[B] _ _
_ Before you step on board, sir, your name [F#] I'd like to know, _ She smiled all [D] good and nice, [G] they call me _ [D] Jackalope, _ [G#] Oh, they call me [F#] Jackalope. _ _
Your waist is light and slender, your fingers neat and small, _ [B] Your cheeks too [D] red and [G] rosy to face [D] the cannon ball, _ [F#] _ Oh, to face the [B] cannon ball. _ _ _ _
I know my waist [C#] is slender, my fingers they are small, _ It would not [D] make me [G] tremble to see ten thousand [D] fall, _ _ _ [F#] Oh, to see ten thousand _ [B] fall.
Oh, soon [Bm] being over, [C#] she went and looked [G#] _ around, _ Among the dead [D] and wounded, [G] her darling [D] boy she found, _ [G#] _ Oh, her darling boy [B] she found.
_ She _ picked him up on her arms and carried him to [C#] town, _ And sent [G#] for the physician [G] to quickly heal [D] his wound, _ _ [G#] Oh, [F#] to quickly heal his wound.
[B] _ This couple they [C#] got married, so well did they agree, _ _ [B] This couple [Bm] they got married, [G] so why not you and [D] me? _ _
[G#] Oh, so why not you [F#] and me? _ _
Oh, so why not you [B] and me?
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_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [F#] There was wealthy [D] merchant in London [G#] he did dwell, _ He [B] had a [C#] lovely daughter, [G] the truth to you I'll [D] tell, _ _ [F#] Oh, [C#] the truth to you [B] I'll tell.
_ _ She had [D] sweethearts plenty and men [F#] of high degree, _ _ [B] If none but [D] child of [G] sailor, her true lover could [D] be, _ _
[G#] Oh, her true lover [B] could _ _ be.
Oh, [G#] daughter, oh, [C#] daughter, you bother [G#] will _
[F#] confine, [B] If none but child of [G] sailor would ever sweet [D] your mine, _ _ [B] Oh, [C#] would ever [B] sweet your mine.
_ [Bm] This bother you [C#] in prison, my heart [G#] will come _ confine, If [Bm] none but child of sailor [G] would have this heart [D] of mine, _ _ [G#] Oh, would have this [B] heart of mine.
_ Jack is gone [G#] a sailing with trouble [C#] in his mind, [B] To leave his native [D] country [G] his darling girl [D] behind, _ _ [F#] Oh, [F#m] his darling [B] girl behind.
_ _ She went [D] into the tailor and dressed in [G#] menswear, _ _ And step on board [D] the base, all [G] converse, [D] self away, _ _
_ [G#] All converse, self away.
[B] _ _
_ Before you step on board, sir, your name [F#] I'd like to know, _ She smiled all [D] good and nice, [G] they call me _ [D] Jackalope, _ [G#] Oh, they call me [F#] Jackalope. _ _
Your waist is light and slender, your fingers neat and small, _ [B] Your cheeks too [D] red and [G] rosy to face [D] the cannon ball, _ [F#] _ Oh, to face the [B] cannon ball. _ _ _ _
I know my waist [C#] is slender, my fingers they are small, _ It would not [D] make me [G] tremble to see ten thousand [D] fall, _ _ _ [F#] Oh, to see ten thousand _ [B] fall.
Oh, soon [Bm] being over, [C#] she went and looked [G#] _ around, _ Among the dead [D] and wounded, [G] her darling [D] boy she found, _ [G#] _ Oh, her darling boy [B] she found.
_ She _ picked him up on her arms and carried him to [C#] town, _ And sent [G#] for the physician [G] to quickly heal [D] his wound, _ _ [G#] Oh, [F#] to quickly heal his wound.
[B] _ This couple they [C#] got married, so well did they agree, _ _ [B] This couple [Bm] they got married, [G] so why not you and [D] me? _ _
[G#] Oh, so why not you [F#] and me? _ _
Oh, so why not you [B] and me?
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