Chords for Jack's Lament
Tempo:
109.85 bpm
Chords used:
Am
Gb
Ebm
Bb
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Bbm] .
[Gb] [Bbm] .
[Gm] .
[Bbm] There are few who [A] deny it, [Db] what I do I am the [G] best, [Gb] for my talents [F] are renowned [Ebm] far and wide.
When [C] it comes to [G] surprises [C] in the [Ebm] moonlit night, [C] I excel without ever [F] even trying.
With [Ebm] the slightest [Bb] little effort [Ebm] of my ghost [Bb]-like charms, I [Ebm] have seen grown men give [E] out a shriek.
With [Ab] the wave of [Ebm] my hand in [Fm] a well [Ebm]-placed moan, I have swept the [Bb] very bravest [Eb] off their feet.
[Ebm] [Bb] Yet year after [Bm] year, [E] it's the same [Eb] routine, [Ebm] and I grow so [Bb] weary [Eb] of the sound of [Bb] screams.
[Eb] And I, Jack, the [D] Pumpkin [C] King, [B] have grown so [Bb] tired of [Gb] the [Eb] same old [Bb] thing.
Oh, [A] .
somewhere [Gm] deep [A] inside of [Em] these bones, [Am] an [C] [Em] emptiness [Gb] began [Em] to grow.
[Eb] [Gm] There's something out [A] there far from [Em] my home, [Gb] a [C] longing [Em] that [E] [B] I've never [Em] known.
.
Master [Ebm] of fright, [G] and a demon [Dbm] of light, [Gb] and [C] I'll scare you [B] right out of your [Am] pants.
To [Gb] a guy in [C] Kentucky, [Gb] I'm Mr.
Unlucky, and I'm known throughout England and [B] France.
[D] And [Am] since I am [Bm] dead, I can [Am] take off [D] my head to [Am] recite Shakespearean [Bb] .
[D] quotations.
No animal [Am] nor man can [Bm] [Ab] scream like [Am] I can with the fury of my [E] [Am] recitations.
[E] But who [Fm] here would [Bb] ever [A] understand [Gb] that the Pumpkin [E] King, with [A] the skeleton [E] grin,.
[C] would tire of his [Am] crown if [Db] they [Fm] only [Gbm] understood [D] he'd give it [Db] all up [A] if he [D] only [Db] could.
Oh, [B] there's [Am] an empty [B] place in [Gbm] my bones that [Bm] calls [Gbm] out for [Bm] something .
[Gbm] unknown.
The [F] fame and [Am] praise [B] come year [Abm] after [Gbm] year [Ab] does [D] nothing [Gbm] for [Gb] these [Db] .
empty [Gbm] tears.
.
[Gb] [Bbm] .
[Gm] .
[Bbm] There are few who [A] deny it, [Db] what I do I am the [G] best, [Gb] for my talents [F] are renowned [Ebm] far and wide.
When [C] it comes to [G] surprises [C] in the [Ebm] moonlit night, [C] I excel without ever [F] even trying.
With [Ebm] the slightest [Bb] little effort [Ebm] of my ghost [Bb]-like charms, I [Ebm] have seen grown men give [E] out a shriek.
With [Ab] the wave of [Ebm] my hand in [Fm] a well [Ebm]-placed moan, I have swept the [Bb] very bravest [Eb] off their feet.
[Ebm] [Bb] Yet year after [Bm] year, [E] it's the same [Eb] routine, [Ebm] and I grow so [Bb] weary [Eb] of the sound of [Bb] screams.
[Eb] And I, Jack, the [D] Pumpkin [C] King, [B] have grown so [Bb] tired of [Gb] the [Eb] same old [Bb] thing.
Oh, [A] .
somewhere [Gm] deep [A] inside of [Em] these bones, [Am] an [C] [Em] emptiness [Gb] began [Em] to grow.
[Eb] [Gm] There's something out [A] there far from [Em] my home, [Gb] a [C] longing [Em] that [E] [B] I've never [Em] known.
.
Master [Ebm] of fright, [G] and a demon [Dbm] of light, [Gb] and [C] I'll scare you [B] right out of your [Am] pants.
To [Gb] a guy in [C] Kentucky, [Gb] I'm Mr.
Unlucky, and I'm known throughout England and [B] France.
[D] And [Am] since I am [Bm] dead, I can [Am] take off [D] my head to [Am] recite Shakespearean [Bb] .
[D] quotations.
No animal [Am] nor man can [Bm] [Ab] scream like [Am] I can with the fury of my [E] [Am] recitations.
[E] But who [Fm] here would [Bb] ever [A] understand [Gb] that the Pumpkin [E] King, with [A] the skeleton [E] grin,.
[C] would tire of his [Am] crown if [Db] they [Fm] only [Gbm] understood [D] he'd give it [Db] all up [A] if he [D] only [Db] could.
Oh, [B] there's [Am] an empty [B] place in [Gbm] my bones that [Bm] calls [Gbm] out for [Bm] something .
[Gbm] unknown.
The [F] fame and [Am] praise [B] come year [Abm] after [Gbm] year [Ab] does [D] nothing [Gbm] for [Gb] these [Db] .
empty [Gbm] tears.
.
Key:
Am
Gb
Ebm
Bb
C
Am
Gb
Ebm
[Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ .
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ [Bbm] There are few who [A] deny it, [Db] what I do I am the [G] best, [Gb] for my talents [F] are renowned [Ebm] far and wide.
When [C] it comes to [G] surprises [C] in the [Ebm] moonlit night, [C] I excel without ever [F] even trying.
With [Ebm] the slightest [Bb] little effort [Ebm] of my ghost [Bb]-like charms, I [Ebm] have seen grown men give [E] out a shriek.
With [Ab] the wave of [Ebm] my hand in [Fm] a well [Ebm]-placed moan, I have swept the [Bb] very bravest [Eb] off their feet.
[Ebm] _ [Bb] Yet year after [Bm] year, [E] it's the same [Eb] routine, [Ebm] and I grow so [Bb] weary [Eb] of the sound of [Bb] screams.
[Eb] And I, Jack, the [D] Pumpkin [C] King, [B] have grown so [Bb] tired of [Gb] the [Eb] same old [Bb] thing.
_ _ _ _ Oh, [A] _ .
somewhere [Gm] deep [A] inside of [Em] these bones, [Am] an _ [C] [Em] emptiness _ [Gb] began [Em] to grow.
[Eb] _ _ [Gm] There's something out [A] there far from [Em] my home, [Gb] a [C] longing [Em] that [E] [B] I've _ never [Em] _ known.
_ _ _ .
_ _ Master [Ebm] of fright, [G] and a demon [Dbm] of light, [Gb] and [C] I'll scare you [B] right out of your [Am] pants.
To [Gb] a guy in [C] Kentucky, [Gb] I'm Mr.
Unlucky, and I'm known throughout England and [B] France.
[D] And [Am] since I am [Bm] dead, I can [Am] take off [D] my head to [Am] recite _ Shakespearean [Bb] _ .
[D] quotations.
No animal [Am] nor man can [Bm] [Ab] scream like [Am] I can with the fury of my [E] _ [Am] recitations.
[E] But who [Fm] here would [Bb] ever _ [A] understand [Gb] that the Pumpkin [E] King, with [A] the skeleton [E] grin,.
[C] would tire of his [Am] crown if [Db] they [Fm] only [Gbm] understood [D] he'd give it [Db] all up [A] if he _ [D] only [Db] could.
Oh, _ _ [B] _ there's [Am] an empty [B] place in [Gbm] my bones that [Bm] calls [Gbm] out for [Bm] something _ _ .
[Gbm] unknown.
The [F] fame and [Am] praise [B] come year [Abm] after [Gbm] year [Ab] does [D] nothing _ [Gbm] for [Gb] these [Db] _ _ .
empty _ [Gbm] tears.
_ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ .
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ [Bbm] There are few who [A] deny it, [Db] what I do I am the [G] best, [Gb] for my talents [F] are renowned [Ebm] far and wide.
When [C] it comes to [G] surprises [C] in the [Ebm] moonlit night, [C] I excel without ever [F] even trying.
With [Ebm] the slightest [Bb] little effort [Ebm] of my ghost [Bb]-like charms, I [Ebm] have seen grown men give [E] out a shriek.
With [Ab] the wave of [Ebm] my hand in [Fm] a well [Ebm]-placed moan, I have swept the [Bb] very bravest [Eb] off their feet.
[Ebm] _ [Bb] Yet year after [Bm] year, [E] it's the same [Eb] routine, [Ebm] and I grow so [Bb] weary [Eb] of the sound of [Bb] screams.
[Eb] And I, Jack, the [D] Pumpkin [C] King, [B] have grown so [Bb] tired of [Gb] the [Eb] same old [Bb] thing.
_ _ _ _ Oh, [A] _ .
somewhere [Gm] deep [A] inside of [Em] these bones, [Am] an _ [C] [Em] emptiness _ [Gb] began [Em] to grow.
[Eb] _ _ [Gm] There's something out [A] there far from [Em] my home, [Gb] a [C] longing [Em] that [E] [B] I've _ never [Em] _ known.
_ _ _ .
_ _ Master [Ebm] of fright, [G] and a demon [Dbm] of light, [Gb] and [C] I'll scare you [B] right out of your [Am] pants.
To [Gb] a guy in [C] Kentucky, [Gb] I'm Mr.
Unlucky, and I'm known throughout England and [B] France.
[D] And [Am] since I am [Bm] dead, I can [Am] take off [D] my head to [Am] recite _ Shakespearean [Bb] _ .
[D] quotations.
No animal [Am] nor man can [Bm] [Ab] scream like [Am] I can with the fury of my [E] _ [Am] recitations.
[E] But who [Fm] here would [Bb] ever _ [A] understand [Gb] that the Pumpkin [E] King, with [A] the skeleton [E] grin,.
[C] would tire of his [Am] crown if [Db] they [Fm] only [Gbm] understood [D] he'd give it [Db] all up [A] if he _ [D] only [Db] could.
Oh, _ _ [B] _ there's [Am] an empty [B] place in [Gbm] my bones that [Bm] calls [Gbm] out for [Bm] something _ _ .
[Gbm] unknown.
The [F] fame and [Am] praise [B] come year [Abm] after [Gbm] year [Ab] does [D] nothing _ [Gbm] for [Gb] these [Db] _ _ .
empty _ [Gbm] tears.
_ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .