Crooked Jack Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[A5][Am][Asus4][Am]
[D][Asus4][Am]
[A5]Come,

[Verse 1]
[Am]
Irishman, both young and [D]stern
[Asus4]With advent[Am]ure in your soul[G]
There are [Am]better ways to spend your [D]days
than [Am]walking [G]down [Am]a hall
I [Dm]was [F]tall and t[Dm]rue, a[Am]ll of six f[G]oot two,
[Am]but they broke me across the b[G]ack
[Am]By a name I've known,
and it's [C]not [D]my own,
but they [Am]called me [G]Crooked [Am]Jack
The ganger's blue -eyed pet was [D]I,
Big [Am]Jack who'd do no [G]wrong[Asus4]
[A]An d the [Am]reason simply it was
because [D]I could w[Am]ork hard as an alarm
I've cursed the day
that I went [D]away [Am]to work
on [G]the hydro dams
[A]The sweat an[Am]d tears,
or hopes and fears
[Dm]Boun[Asus4]d up in shatteri[A]ng gems[Am]
I was tall and [Dm]true, [Am]a lov[G]e six foot two
[Am]But they broke me across the b[G]ack[Asus4]
[G]By a [Am]name I'd known,
and it's not [D]my own
[Am]But they called me [G]Crooked [Am]Jack

[Interlude 1]
[Dm][D][A][G][Am][D][A][G][A]
[Am][Dm][F][Am][G][A][Am][G][Am][Dm][D][Am][G]
[Am]

[Verse 2]
I've [Am]seen them all
Before their [D]time,
[Am]their faces drawn in grey[G][Asus4]
[A]But I [Am]never thought so soon
[Dm]we m[D]ight be al[Am]igned the se[G]lf -[A]same w[Am]ay
Well, they say that honor's toil
is good for the spirit and [G]the soul
But be[Am]lieve me, boys,
it's for sweat and [Dm]love
that they [A]want [Asus4]you down the h[Am]all
I was tall and [Dm]true, [Am]I was[G] six foot two,
[Am]but they broke me across the b[G]ack
By the [Am]name I'm known,
and it's [C]not [D]my own,
but they [Am]call me Cricket [G]Jack[Am][D][G][A][Asus4][A][Asus4][A][Am]
[A][Asus4][A][Am][A][Dm][Am][G][Am][Am][Am]
[Am][G][Am]
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