Key: E
Introduction: Fm Eb Cm Bb2 Ab Gm
Ab Cm
A blacksmith courted me
Fm Bb2
Nine months and better
C# Cm
He fairly won my heart
Eb Fm Eb
He wrote me a letter
Ab Bb2
With his hammer in his hand
Fm Gm C7
He looked quite clever
Ab Cm Eb D
And if I was with my love
C# Eb Fm Eb Cm Bb2 Ab Gm
I would live for-ev-er
(Pre-Chorus)
Fm
Come Irishmen, both young and stern
Eb
With adventure in your soul
Fm
There are better ways to spend your days
Eb Fm
Than working down a hole
Ab Cm
I was tall and true, all of 6 foot 2
C# Gm
But they broke me across the back
C# Eb
By a name I'm known but it's not my own
Fm Eb Bb2
They call me Crooked Jack
But where's my love gone
Fm Eb
Strange news is come to town
C# Eb Fm
Strange news is carried
Fm Eb
Strange news is come to town
C# Eb Fm
That my love is married
Oh I wish them both much joy
Ab Cm
Do you remember when
Fm Bb7
You lay beside me
C# Cm
And you said you'd marry me
C7 Fm Fm7
And not deny me
Ab Fm
If I said I'd marry you
C# Eb
It was only for to try you
Fm Eb Cm
So bring your witness love
C# Eb Fm
And I'll not deny you
(vocalized chord)
Fm Eb Cm B C#m D Cm Bb2 Eb D Cm Bb2
(overlapping) (Follow the normal chord progression for 1 and you should be fine.)
1: They say that honest toil is good