Keith West - Grocer Jack (Excerpt from a Teenage Opera) Chords

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[E] _ _ _ _ Count the days into years, _ yes 82 brings many fears, _ [A] yes the days long for 22.
_ His arms and legs don't feel so [E] strong, his heart in the heat, [B] there's something wrong.
Opens windows in despair, tries to breathe in some pressure out.
[A] His conscience cries, it's on your feet, [E] without you Jack, the town can't be.
Grocer [B] Jack, Grocer [F#m] Jack, get off your back, [B] go into town, [E] don't let them down, oh [C#m] no, no.
_ _ [E] Grocer Jack, [B] Grocer Jack, [F#m] get off your back, [B] go into town, [E] don't let them down, oh [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ no.
[E] The people that live in the town don't _ understand, [A] it's their burden, no one _ else's now.
A pale clock with a half white shell, [E] Jack turns up, [B] we keep him in the hell house.
No breakfast table, no milk, no eggs, no marmalade [A] labels.
Mother send the children [E] out to Jack's house, we men shout.
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_ A Sunday morning, bright and clear, _ _ lovely flowers, [A] _
_ decorating town [A] marbles. _
People cry and [Em] walk away, [E] think about the painful [B] days.
Now they wish [E] they'd given Jack [B] more affection and respect.
[A] The little children, [G] dressed in black, [E] don't know what happened to old Jack.
Grocer _ [B] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [B] _ _
[E] Jack, _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
[E] Grocer Jack, [B] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [B] is [E] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ [C#] it [B] true or false? _
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[E] Grocer Jack, Grocer [F#m] Jack, is it [B] true or _
[E] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ [C#m] false? _
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