Key: D
Introduction:
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Verse
Am
There was a wealthy merchant
F G
In London he did dwell
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He had a beautiful daughter
Bb F
The truth to you I'll tell
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Oh, the truth to you I'll tell
Verse
Dm Am
She had sweethearts a-plenty
F G
And men of high degree
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But none but Jack the sailor
Bb F
Her true love ere could be
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Oh, her true love ere could be
Verse
Dm Am
Jack he's gone a-sailing
F G
With trouble on his mind
Gm F
He's left his king and his country
Bb F
And his darling girl behind
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Oh, his darling girl behind
Instrumental
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Verse
Bm Gbm
She went down to a tailor's shop
D E
And dressed in men's array
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She's signed a bill of passage
G D
To convey herself away
A Em Bm A Bm A
Ohh, convey herself away
Verse
Bm Gbm
Before you get on board, Sir
D E
Your name we'd like to know
Em D
She smiled all in her countenance
G D
They call me Jack-a-Roe
A Em Bm
Ohh, they call me Jack-a-Roe
Bridge
Bm
"I see your waist is slender
Bm
Your fingers they are small
Bm
Your cheeks too red and rosy
Bm
To face the cannonball"
Bm
"I know my waist is slender
Bm
And my fingers they are small
Bm
But it would not make me tremble
A Em
To see ten thousand fall
Bm A Bm
To see them fall"
Verse
Dm Am
The war soon being over
F G
She went and looked around
Gm F
Among the dead and wounded
Bb F
Her darling boy she found
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Oh, her darling boy she found
Verse
Dm Am
She picked him up all in her arms
F G
And carried him to the town
Gm F
She sent for a physician
Bb F
Who quickly healed his wounds
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Oh, who quickly healed his wounds
Verse
Am
This couple they got married
F G
So well they did agree
Gm F
This couple they got married
Bb F
So why not you and me?
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Oh, why not you and me?