The Ballad Of Mad Jack Chords by Schooner Fare

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[D] In a tumble-down [A] graveyard in [D] Barnstable, Mass
[G] Hangs a [Am] humble [D] reminder to those who might pass
[G] And [D] notice the shingle [A] high [D] over the grave
[Em] That honors the bones of [A] Mad Jack
He [D] was born Johnny [F#m] [A] Percival on [D] Sporden Hill
[G] A [A] contrary lad [D] from the going
[G] He ran off to [D] sea [A] just to prove he was [D] free
[Em] And with sixty long years [A] in returning
[D] With just nine months of school [A] he departed [D] the land
[G] He moved up [A] from [D] cabin boy hand over [G] hand
Impressed [D] by the English [Am] to serve [D] as the king
As [Em] he jumped overboard they could [A] all hear him _ _ sing
Come a sailor, come a soldier, come a captain, a king
[D] If you dare me to do [A] it I'll do [D] anything
[A] I'll take up the [D] fight, [A] I'll even [D] the odds
[G] I'll do what [D] is right [A] for I'm not from [D] Cape Cod
[G] I'm Jack the [D] [A] Cantankerous, just from [D] Cape Cod
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_ [Am] _ _ [D] In 1813 Jack started to work
[G] On a plan to [D] reopen the port of New York
[G] When the British [D] blockade [Am] had [D] everyone down
[Em] So Mad Jack decided [A] to turn it around
[D] He borrowed a [A] fisherman's smack [D] so untold
[G] Wood [A] goats on the [D] deck and armed men in the hold
[Em] When a [D] tender of redcoats dared pull him aside
[Em] His men came out shooting [A] as proudly he cried _ _
Come a sailor, come a soldier, come a captain, a [D] king
If you dare me to do [A] it I'll do [D] anything
[A] I'll take up the [D] fight, [A] I'll even [D] the odds
[G] I'll do what is [D] right for [A] I'm [D] not from Cape Cod
[G] I'm Jack [D] the [A] Cantankerous, just [D] from Cape _ Cod
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_ [D] Did you hear how Mad Jack [Am] saved Ohio's [D] sides too
[G] From the scrap heap [Am] of [D] flagships too old to renew
[G] At 65 [D] years [A] he inspected [D] each round
[Em] And promised the [A] Navy it'd make her stand [D] proud
He collected the [Am] finest ship riggers [D] around
[G] From Boston [Am] through [D] Bedford and old Portsmouth town
[G] He rigged her [D] and jigged [A] her and made her stand [D] tall
[Em] And he sailed her around the [A] world once and for _ [D] [A] all
Come a sailor, come a soldier, come a captain, a king
[D] If you dare me to do it [A] I'll do [D] anything
[A] I'll take [D] up the fight, [A] I'll even [D] the odds
[G] I'll do [D] what is right for [A] I'm not from [D] Cape [G] Cod
I'm Jack the [D] Cantankerous, [A] just from [D] Cape Cod
Come [A] a sailor, come a soldier, come a captain, a [D] king
If you dare me to do it [A] I'll do [D] anything
I'll [A] take up [D] the fight, [A] I'll even [D] the [G] odds
I'll do what [D] is right [A] for I'm not from [D] Cape Cod
[G] I'm Jack the [D] [G] Cantankerous, Jack the [D] [G] Cantankerous
[D] Jack the [A] Cantankerous, [D] just from Cape [G] Cod
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