Chords for Mark Wills - Jacob's Ladder
Tempo:
77.4 bpm
Chords used:
D
C
G
A
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D] [G]
[C] [D] [G]
[C] [D] [G] Jacob was a dirt poor farm boy, raised at the fork in the road in a [C] clapboard house.
Rachel was a land baron's [G] daughter, [C] born with a silver spoon in [G] her mouth.
Her daddy said he wouldn't stand.
Rachel would waste her life with a [C] common man.
[Bm] [Am] He tried hard to keep them [Bm] apart, [C] but you can't draw lines in a young [D] girl's heart.
[C] So late one night by the harpspoon, Jacob climbed the ladder into Rachel's room.
[G] He knew his place, it was right beside her.
[C] Step by step, up to her world, head over heels for a brown eyed girl.
[G] He'd get caught, it didn't seem to matter.
[Am] Cause heaven [C] was waiting [D] at the top of [G] Jacob's [A] ladder.
[G] [C] [D]
[G] [C] [D]
[E] [A] It'll be five years September, since her daddy found a ladder and a note on her [D] window sill.
Swore he'd never forgive them, nothing melts a heart like a [A] grandchild will.
Now she climbs up on his knee, says grandpa tell a story, the one [D] about me.
[Bm] He thinks back and his [C#m] eyes shine, [D] says this is a child, once upon [E] a time.
[C#m] [D] Late one night by the harpspoon, your daddy climbed the ladder to your [A] mom's room.
He knew his place, it was right beside her.
[D] Step by step, up to her world, head over heels for my little girl.
[A] And here you are, that's all that matters.
[Bm] Cause heaven [D] was waiting [E] at the top of [A] Jacob's [E] ladder.
[F#m]
Oh [Bm] an angel was waiting [E] at the top of [A] Jacob's ladder.
[D] [E] [A]
[D] [E] [A]
[C] [D] [G]
[C] [D] [G] Jacob was a dirt poor farm boy, raised at the fork in the road in a [C] clapboard house.
Rachel was a land baron's [G] daughter, [C] born with a silver spoon in [G] her mouth.
Her daddy said he wouldn't stand.
Rachel would waste her life with a [C] common man.
[Bm] [Am] He tried hard to keep them [Bm] apart, [C] but you can't draw lines in a young [D] girl's heart.
[C] So late one night by the harpspoon, Jacob climbed the ladder into Rachel's room.
[G] He knew his place, it was right beside her.
[C] Step by step, up to her world, head over heels for a brown eyed girl.
[G] He'd get caught, it didn't seem to matter.
[Am] Cause heaven [C] was waiting [D] at the top of [G] Jacob's [A] ladder.
[G] [C] [D]
[G] [C] [D]
[E] [A] It'll be five years September, since her daddy found a ladder and a note on her [D] window sill.
Swore he'd never forgive them, nothing melts a heart like a [A] grandchild will.
Now she climbs up on his knee, says grandpa tell a story, the one [D] about me.
[Bm] He thinks back and his [C#m] eyes shine, [D] says this is a child, once upon [E] a time.
[C#m] [D] Late one night by the harpspoon, your daddy climbed the ladder to your [A] mom's room.
He knew his place, it was right beside her.
[D] Step by step, up to her world, head over heels for my little girl.
[A] And here you are, that's all that matters.
[Bm] Cause heaven [D] was waiting [E] at the top of [A] Jacob's [E] ladder.
[F#m]
Oh [Bm] an angel was waiting [E] at the top of [A] Jacob's ladder.
[D] [E] [A]
[D] [E] [A]
Key:
D
C
G
A
E
D
C
G
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_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ [G] Jacob was a dirt poor farm boy, raised at the fork in the road in a [C] clapboard house. _
Rachel was a land baron's [G] daughter, [C] born with a silver spoon in [G] her mouth.
_ _ Her daddy said he wouldn't stand.
Rachel would waste her life with a [C] common man. _
[Bm] [Am] He tried hard to keep them [Bm] apart, [C] but you can't draw lines in a young [D] girl's heart.
_ [C] So late one night by the harpspoon, Jacob climbed the ladder into Rachel's room.
[G] He knew his place, it was right beside her.
_ _ [C] Step by step, up to her world, head over heels for a brown eyed girl.
[G] He'd get caught, it didn't seem to matter.
_ [Am] Cause heaven [C] was waiting [D] at the top of [G] Jacob's [A] ladder.
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
[E] [A] It'll be five years September, since her daddy found a ladder and a note on her [D] window sill.
_ Swore he'd never forgive them, nothing melts a heart like a [A] grandchild will. _
Now she climbs up on his knee, says grandpa tell a story, the one [D] about me.
_ [Bm] He thinks back and his [C#m] eyes shine, [D] says this is a child, once upon [E] a time. _
[C#m] [D] Late one night by the harpspoon, your daddy climbed the ladder to your [A] mom's room.
He knew his place, it was right beside her. _
[D] Step by step, up to her world, head over heels for my little girl.
[A] And here you are, that's all that matters.
[Bm] Cause heaven [D] was waiting [E] at the top of [A] Jacob's [E] ladder.
[F#m]
Oh [Bm] an angel was waiting [E] at the top of [A] Jacob's ladder. _
_ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ [G] Jacob was a dirt poor farm boy, raised at the fork in the road in a [C] clapboard house. _
Rachel was a land baron's [G] daughter, [C] born with a silver spoon in [G] her mouth.
_ _ Her daddy said he wouldn't stand.
Rachel would waste her life with a [C] common man. _
[Bm] [Am] He tried hard to keep them [Bm] apart, [C] but you can't draw lines in a young [D] girl's heart.
_ [C] So late one night by the harpspoon, Jacob climbed the ladder into Rachel's room.
[G] He knew his place, it was right beside her.
_ _ [C] Step by step, up to her world, head over heels for a brown eyed girl.
[G] He'd get caught, it didn't seem to matter.
_ [Am] Cause heaven [C] was waiting [D] at the top of [G] Jacob's [A] ladder.
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
[E] [A] It'll be five years September, since her daddy found a ladder and a note on her [D] window sill.
_ Swore he'd never forgive them, nothing melts a heart like a [A] grandchild will. _
Now she climbs up on his knee, says grandpa tell a story, the one [D] about me.
_ [Bm] He thinks back and his [C#m] eyes shine, [D] says this is a child, once upon [E] a time. _
[C#m] [D] Late one night by the harpspoon, your daddy climbed the ladder to your [A] mom's room.
He knew his place, it was right beside her. _
[D] Step by step, up to her world, head over heels for my little girl.
[A] And here you are, that's all that matters.
[Bm] Cause heaven [D] was waiting [E] at the top of [A] Jacob's [E] ladder.
[F#m]
Oh [Bm] an angel was waiting [E] at the top of [A] Jacob's ladder. _
_ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _