The Ballad of Mad Jack Chords by Schooner Fare

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