{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1033977,"song":"Crooked Jack","artist":"Dominic Behan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11228156-crooked-jack-chords-by-dominic-behan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1033977?type=chord","rating":4.85856,"votes":7,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCome Irish men both young and old[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwith adventure in your soul[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere are better ways to spend your days[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nthan toilin' down a hole[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI was tall and true, all of six foot two[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\ntill they broke me across the back[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBy a name I'm known, it's not my own[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThey call me Crooked Jack[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe blue eyed gangers pet was I[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBig Jack could do no wrong[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe reason simply was because[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI could work hard hours and long[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n(Chorus)\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\nI've seen men old before their time,\r\ntheir faces dark and gray\r\nI never thought that I myself\r\nwould soon be the self same way\r\n\r\n\r\n(Chorus)\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n\r\nI cursed the day I went away\r\nto work on those Hydro dams\r\nFor sweat and tears or hope and fear\r\nbound up a shuddering jams\r\n\r\n\r\n(Chorus)\r\n\r\n\r\n[Final Verse]\r\n\r\nThey say that honest toil is good\r\nfor the body and the soul\r\nbut I tell you boys it's blood and sweat\r\nthat they want you down a hole","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Chorus)\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\nI've seen men old before their time,\ntheir faces dark and gray\nI never thought that I myself\nwould soon be the self same way\n\n\n(Chorus)\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\nI cursed the day I went away\nto work on those Hydro dams\nFor sweat and tears or hope and fear\nbound up a shuddering jams\n\n\n(Chorus)\n\n\n[Final Verse]\n\nThey say that honest toil is good\nfor the body and the soul\nbut I tell you boys it's blood and sweat\nthat they want you down a hole","chords":["Em","G","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}