"Jack-A-Roe (Live)" - Grateful Dead Chords
Tempo:
117.5 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Am]
There was a [C] wealthy merchant in love [E] he did dwell
[Am] He had a [C] beautiful daughter [F] the truth you [C] out there
[Am] Oh
[E] The truth you out there
[Am] She had sweethearts [C] of plenty and midwife [E] degree
But none that [C] Jack does say [F] no little true love baby
[Am] Oh
[E] True love baby
Jack is [C] gonna sail it with trouble on his mind
[Am] He's left his [C] native country [F] this darlin [C] girl behind
[Am] Oh this darlin girl behind
[C] [E]
[Am] [C]
[F] [Am]
[E] [A] [Am]
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[E] [Am]
[F] [C] [Am]
[E] [Am]
She went down to [C] a tailor shop and dressed in [E] manseray
She [C] climbed on board a vessel [F] and done pay [C] herself away
Oh [E] and pay [Am] yourself away
Oh you [C] get on board sir you name it [E] you'd like to know
She [C] smiled all in her confidence
[F] They call me [C] Jack the Ruler
Oh [E] they call me [Am] Jack the Ruler
I see your [C] waist is slender your fingers [E] they are small
[Am] Your cheeks too [C] red and rosy [F] your face [C] can't involve
Oh [E] your face [Am] can't involve
I know my [C] waist is slender my fingers [E] they are small
[Am] But it would not [C] make me travel [F] up to see ten [C] thousand falls
[Am]
[E] Oh to see ten [Am] thousand falls
[C]
[E] [Am] [C]
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[E] [Am]
[C]
[E] [Am] [C]
[F] [Am]
My war's soon been [C] over she went and loved [E] around
Among [Am] the dead and wounded [F] her darlin boy she [C] fanned
Oh [E] her darlin [Am] boy she fanned
She picked my bone in her arms and carried it to [E] the town
She [A] said for a [C] fussy and she [F] was wickedly [C] amused
[Am] [E] Oh wickedly amused
[Am] This couple they got married so well they [E] did agree
[Am] This couple [C] they got married [F] so why not [C] you and me
[Am] Oh [E] why not you [Am] and me
Oh [E] why not you and me
[E]
There was a [C] wealthy merchant in love [E] he did dwell
[Am] He had a [C] beautiful daughter [F] the truth you [C] out there
[Am] Oh
[E] The truth you out there
[Am] She had sweethearts [C] of plenty and midwife [E] degree
But none that [C] Jack does say [F] no little true love baby
[Am] Oh
[E] True love baby
Jack is [C] gonna sail it with trouble on his mind
[Am] He's left his [C] native country [F] this darlin [C] girl behind
[Am] Oh this darlin girl behind
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[Am] [C]
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[E] [A] [Am]
[C]
[E] [Am]
[F] [C] [Am]
[E] [Am]
She went down to [C] a tailor shop and dressed in [E] manseray
She [C] climbed on board a vessel [F] and done pay [C] herself away
Oh [E] and pay [Am] yourself away
Oh you [C] get on board sir you name it [E] you'd like to know
She [C] smiled all in her confidence
[F] They call me [C] Jack the Ruler
Oh [E] they call me [Am] Jack the Ruler
I see your [C] waist is slender your fingers [E] they are small
[Am] Your cheeks too [C] red and rosy [F] your face [C] can't involve
Oh [E] your face [Am] can't involve
I know my [C] waist is slender my fingers [E] they are small
[Am] But it would not [C] make me travel [F] up to see ten [C] thousand falls
[Am]
[E] Oh to see ten [Am] thousand falls
[C]
[E] [Am] [C]
[F] [C]
[E] [Am]
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[E] [Am] [C]
[F] [Am]
My war's soon been [C] over she went and loved [E] around
Among [Am] the dead and wounded [F] her darlin boy she [C] fanned
Oh [E] her darlin [Am] boy she fanned
She picked my bone in her arms and carried it to [E] the town
She [A] said for a [C] fussy and she [F] was wickedly [C] amused
[Am] [E] Oh wickedly amused
[Am] This couple they got married so well they [E] did agree
[Am] This couple [C] they got married [F] so why not [C] you and me
[Am] Oh [E] why not you [Am] and me
Oh [E] why not you and me
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_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ There was a [C] wealthy merchant in love [E] he did dwell _ _
[Am] He had a [C] beautiful daughter [F] the truth you [C] out there
_ _ [Am] Oh
[E] The truth you out there
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ She had sweethearts [C] of plenty and midwife [E] degree _ _
But none that [C] Jack does say [F] no little true love baby
_ _ _ [Am] Oh
[E] True love baby _ _ _ _ _ _
Jack is [C] gonna sail it with trouble on his mind
_ [Am] He's left his [C] native country [F] this darlin [C] girl behind
_ _ [Am] _ Oh this darlin girl behind _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _ _
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[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
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[E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[E] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ She went down to [C] a tailor shop and dressed in [E] manseray
She _ [C] climbed on board a vessel [F] and done pay [C] herself away
_ _ Oh [E] and pay [Am] yourself away _ _ _ _
_ _ Oh you [C] get on board sir you name it [E] you'd like to know
_ She [C] smiled all in her confidence
[F] They call me [C] Jack the Ruler
_ _ Oh [E] they call me [Am] Jack the Ruler _ _ _ _
_ I see your [C] waist is slender your fingers [E] they are small
_ [Am] Your cheeks too [C] red and rosy [F] your face [C] can't involve
_ _ Oh [E] your face [Am] can't involve
I _ _ _ _ know my [C] waist is slender my fingers [E] they are small
[Am] But it would not [C] make me travel [F] up to see ten [C] thousand falls
_ _ [Am] _
[E] Oh to see ten [Am] thousand falls _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _
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[E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ My war's soon been [C] over she went and loved [E] around
_ Among [Am] the dead and wounded [F] her darlin boy she [C] fanned _
_ Oh [E] her darlin [Am] boy she fanned
She _ _ _ _ _ picked my bone in her arms and carried it to [E] the town
She [A] said for a [C] fussy and she [F] was wickedly [C] amused _ _
[Am] _ [E] Oh wickedly amused
[Am] This _ _ _ _ _ couple they got married so well they [E] did agree
_ [Am] This couple [C] they got married [F] so why not [C] you and me _ _
[Am] Oh [E] why not you [Am] and me _ _ _
Oh [E] why not you and me _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ There was a [C] wealthy merchant in love [E] he did dwell _ _
[Am] He had a [C] beautiful daughter [F] the truth you [C] out there
_ _ [Am] Oh
[E] The truth you out there
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ She had sweethearts [C] of plenty and midwife [E] degree _ _
But none that [C] Jack does say [F] no little true love baby
_ _ _ [Am] Oh
[E] True love baby _ _ _ _ _ _
Jack is [C] gonna sail it with trouble on his mind
_ [Am] He's left his [C] native country [F] this darlin [C] girl behind
_ _ [Am] _ Oh this darlin girl behind _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
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[E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[E] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ She went down to [C] a tailor shop and dressed in [E] manseray
She _ [C] climbed on board a vessel [F] and done pay [C] herself away
_ _ Oh [E] and pay [Am] yourself away _ _ _ _
_ _ Oh you [C] get on board sir you name it [E] you'd like to know
_ She [C] smiled all in her confidence
[F] They call me [C] Jack the Ruler
_ _ Oh [E] they call me [Am] Jack the Ruler _ _ _ _
_ I see your [C] waist is slender your fingers [E] they are small
_ [Am] Your cheeks too [C] red and rosy [F] your face [C] can't involve
_ _ Oh [E] your face [Am] can't involve
I _ _ _ _ know my [C] waist is slender my fingers [E] they are small
[Am] But it would not [C] make me travel [F] up to see ten [C] thousand falls
_ _ [Am] _
[E] Oh to see ten [Am] thousand falls _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
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[E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ My war's soon been [C] over she went and loved [E] around
_ Among [Am] the dead and wounded [F] her darlin boy she [C] fanned _
_ Oh [E] her darlin [Am] boy she fanned
She _ _ _ _ _ picked my bone in her arms and carried it to [E] the town
She [A] said for a [C] fussy and she [F] was wickedly [C] amused _ _
[Am] _ [E] Oh wickedly amused
[Am] This _ _ _ _ _ couple they got married so well they [E] did agree
_ [Am] This couple [C] they got married [F] so why not [C] you and me _ _
[Am] Oh [E] why not you [Am] and me _ _ _
Oh [E] why not you and me _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _