Chords for Garcia & Grisman - Jack-A-Roo

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_ _ _ _ There was [G] a wealthy merchant in [B] London who did dwell. _
[Em] He had a beautiful daughter, [C] the truth [G] to you I'll tell.
_ [D] _ [E] _ Oh, [B] the truth [E] to you I'll tell.
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ She had [G] sweethearts of plenty and men of [B] high degree.
_ [E] None but [G] Jack the [C] Sailor, her true [G] love there could be.
_ _ [Bm] Oh, her true [E] love there could be. _ _ _ _ _
Now Jack is [G] gone a-sailin' with trouble [B] on his mind.
_ He's left [G] his native country [C] and his darlin' [G] girl behind.
_ _ [E] Oh, [B] his darlin' girl [E] behind.
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_ _ She went [G] out to a tailor shop and dressed [B] in men's array.
_ [Em] She climbed [G] on board a vessel [C] to convey [G] herself away.
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[Bm] Oh, convey [Em] yourself away. _ _ _
_ _ _ Before [G] you get on board, sir, your name [B] I could know.
_ [G] She's loud all in her [C] countenance, they [G] call me Jack of Rome.
_ _ [Em]
Oh, [C#] they call me [Em] Jack of Rome. _ _ _
_ _ I see [G] ways to slander, your [B] fingers they are small.
[Em] Your cheeks [G] too red and [C] rosy to face the [G] _ cannonball.
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Oh, to face the [E] cannonball.
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_ _ I know my [G] ways to slander, my fingers [B] they are small.
_ [G] Your cheeks too red and [C] rosy to face the [G] cannonball.
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Oh, to face the cannonball.
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_ _ [Em] Though it wasn't [G] being over, she went and looked [B] _ around.
[Em] Among the dead [G] and wounded, [C] her [G] darlin' boy she found.
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Oh, her darlin' boy she found.
They _ _ _ _ picked him [G] up, all in her arms, and carried him [B] to the town.
_ She [G] sent for a physician [C] who [G] quickly healed his wound.
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[B] Oh, quickly [E] healed his wound. _ _ _
_ _ This couple, they [G] got married so well, the [B] beauty agreed.
[Em] This [G] couple, they got married [C] so why not [G] you and me?
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Oh, [B] why not you [Em] and me? _ _ _
[B] Oh, why not [Em] you and me? _ _ _
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