Jack's Lament Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Bbm][Bbm]
[Bbm][Gb][Bbm]
[Edim7][Dbdim7][Edim7]

[Verse 1]
There are [Bbm]few who deny
At what I [Bbm]do, I am the best
For my [Gb]talents are re[F]nowned far and [Ebm]wide
When it [C]comes to sur[Dbdim7]pris es
in the [C]moonlit [Ebm]night
I ex[C]cel without ever even [F]trying
With the [Ebm]slightest little [Bb]effort
of my [Gb]ghost-like [Bb]charms
I have [Ebm]seen grown men give out a s[E]hriek
With a [Ddim7]wave of my hand[Ebm]
and a [Fdim7]well-placed [Ebm]moan
I have swept the very [Bb]bravest off their [Ebm]feet

[Pre-chorus 1]
Yet, [Bb]year after [Cbm]year, it's the [E]same rou[Ebdim7]tine
And I [Ebm]grow so w[Bb]eary of the s[Ebdim7]ound of scream[Bb]s
And [Gbdim7]I, Jack, t[Ebm]he Pumpkin Kin[Dm]g[Cm]
Have [Cb]grown so [Bb]tired of the [Gbdim7]same old thing[Bb]

[Chorus 1]
Oh, [D#dim7]some where deep[Gm]
in[Gdim7]side of these bone[Em]s
An [Am]empti[Em]ness be[Am]gan to [Em]grow
There's [D#dim7]some thing out t[Gm]here
[C#dim7]far from my home[Em]
A [Am]longing [Em]that I've [B]never [Em]known[Em]

[Verse 2]
I'm the [Em]master of fright
and a demon of light
And I'll [C]scare you right [B]out of your [Am]pants
To a [F#]guy in Kent[Gdim7]ucky, I'm Mi[F#]ster Unluc[C]ky
And I'm [F#]known
throughout England and [B]France
And [Am]since I am [E]dead, I can [Am]take off my [Dm]head
To re[Am]cite Shakespearean quo[Bb]tations
No [E]animal nor [Am]man can [Bdim7]scream like I ca[Am]n
With the fury of my [E]re- ci- [Am]tations

[Pre-chorus 2]
But [E]who [Fm]here would [Bb]ever under[Adim7]stand
That the [Am]Pumpkin [E]King with the [Adim7]skeleton [E]grin
Would [Ebdim7]tire of his crown?[Am]
If they [C#]only under[F#m]stood
He would [D]give it all [C#]up if he on[D] ly co[C#]uld

[Chorus 2]
Oh, [E#dim7]there's an emp[Am]ty pla[B]ce in my bon[F#m]es
That [Bm]calls out [F#m]for some th[Bm]ing unkn[F#m]own
The [E#dim7]fame and prais[Am]e,
come [B]year after [F#m]year
Does [Bm]nothing [F#m]for these em[C#]pty te[F#m]ars