Excerpt From A Teenage Opera Chords by Keith West

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_ [B] _ [E] _ _ _ _ Counts the days into years, _ yes 82 brings many fears, _ [A] yes [F#m] the days love the time to choose.
[A] His arms and legs [C] don't feel so [E] strong, his heart is weak, there's something wrong.
[B] Opens windows in [E] despair, [B] tries to breathe in some [E] fresh air.
[A] His questions [G#] cries, gets on [G] your meat, [E] without you Jack, the town can't eat.
Grocer [B] Jack, Grocer [F#m] Jack, get off your back, [B] go into town, [E] don't let them down, oh [C#m] no no.
_ _ _ [E] Grocer Jack, [G#m] Grocer Jack, [F#m] get off your back, [B] go into town, [E] don't let them down, oh no [C#m] no.
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[B] _ [E] The people that live in the town, _ don't understand, _ [F#m] he's never been known [G#m] to [F#m] miss his round.
[A] His tail dropped, [N] with the house wide shut, [E] when Jack turns up, [B] will give him hell.
Husbands moan at breakfast tables, no milk, no eggs, or [E] marmalade [A] labels.
Mothers send their children [E] out, to Jack's house, to scream and shout.
Grocer Jack, [B] _ _ [F#m] _ [B] Grocer Jack, get off your back, go into [E] town, _
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_ _ [C#] _ _ _ [A] don't let them down, oh no [B] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[G] _ [E] _ [C#m] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ no.
A Sunday morning, bright and clear, _ _ lovely flowers, _ [A] _ decorate [F#m] a mother's square.
[A] People [G] cry and [F#] walk [E] away, think about the [B] fateful day.
Now they wish they'd [E] given [B] Jack, more affection and [E] respect.
[A] The little children, [G] dressed in black, [E] don't know what's happened to old Jack.
_ _ [B] _ [F#m] Is it true [B] what mommy says, [E] you won't go?
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_ [E] Grocer Jack, [B] Grocer Jack, [A] is it true [B] what mommy says, [E] you won't go?
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_ _ [E] _ _ [G#m] Grocer Jack, [C#m] _ _
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_ _ [E] _ _ [G#m] Grocer [F#m] Jack, is it [B] true what mommy says, you won't go?
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[B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
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