Chords:
{t:Jack The Sailor}
{artist:Mountain Town}
{key: Am}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwveH9o9PYo
{c: Based on johnware1}
[Am] x6
There [Am] was a wealthy [C] merchant
In London town did [E7] dwell
He [Am] had a lovely [C] daughter
The [F] truth to you I'll [C] tell [Em7] [Am]
[E7] Truth to you I'll [Am] tell
She [Am] had sweethearts a [C] plenty
Men of high de-[E7]gree
But [Am] none but Jack the [C] sailor
A [F] true love there could [C] be [Em7] [Am]
Oh a [E7] true love there could [Am] be
Now [Am] Jack he'd gone out [C] sailing
Trouble on his [E7] mind
He's [Am] left his native [C] country
And [F] darling girl be-[C]hind [Em7] [Am]
[E7] Darling girl be-[Am]hind
She [Am] went down to the [C] tailor shop
And dressed in men's [E7] array,
[Am] Climbed aboard a [C] vessel
To [F] veil herself a-[C]way [Em7] [Am]
[E7] Veil herself a-[Am]way
Your [Am] waist it is so [C] slender
Your fingers they are [E7] small
And I [Am] do not count you [C] worthy
To [F] face the cannon [C] ball [Em7] [Am]
[E7] Face the cannon [Am] ball
Well I [Am] know my waist is [C] slender
Fingers they are [E7] small
But it [Am] would not make me [C] tremble
To [F] see ten thousand [C] fall [Em7] [Am]
[E7] See ten thousand [Am] fall
Be-[Am] fore we get on [C] board sir
Your name we'd like to [E7] know
She [Am] smiled over her [C] countenance
They [F] call me Jack Mon-[C] roe [Em7] [Am]
[E7] Call me Jack Mon-[Am] roe [Am]
{sos}
Be[Am] fore we get on [C] board sir
Your name we'd like to [E7] know
She [Am] smiled over her [C] countenance
They [F] call me Jack Mon-[C]roe [Em7] [Am]
[E7] Call me Jack Mon-[Am]roe [Am7] [Am]
{eos}
The [Am] wars being [C] over
She went and looked a-[E7]round
A-[Am] mong the dead and [C] dying
Her [F] darling boy she [C] found [Em7] [Am]
[E7] Darling boy she [Am] found
This [Am] couple they got [C] married,
So well did they a-[E7]gree
And [Am] left the cold and [C] lonely
[F] Life out on the [C] sea [Em7] [Am]
[E7] Life out on the [Am] sea
[Am] [Am][Am]*
