{"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":1501639,"song":"Jacobs Ladder","artist":"Mark Wills","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11276114-jacobs-ladder-chords-by-mark-wills/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1501639?type=chord","rating":4.43476,"votes":31,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nJacob was a dirt poor farm boy[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nraised at the fork in the road, in a clapboard house[/tab]\r\n\r\nand Rachel was a land baron's daughter\r\n\r\nborn with a silver spoon in her mouth.\r\n\r\nHer daddy said he wouldn't stand\r\n[tab]                                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nfor Rachel to waste her life with a common man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe tried hard to keep them apart[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nbut you can't draw lines, in a young girl's heart[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo late one night by the harvest moon[/tab]\r\n\r\nJacob climbed a ladder up to Rachel's room\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe knew his place, it was right beside her[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nstep by step, up to her world[/tab]\r\n\r\nhead over heels for his brown-eyed girl\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nand gettin' caught didn't seem to matter[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'cause heaven was waitin' at the top of Jacob's ladder.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse] (Key change to A)\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt'll be five years September[/tab]\r\n\r\nsince her daddy found a ladder\r\n[tab]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand a note on her window sill[/tab]\r\n\r\nHe swore he'd never forgive them\r\n[tab]                                                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nbut nothin' melts a heart like a grandchild will[/tab]\r\n\r\nNow she climbs up on his knee\r\n[tab]                                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nsays \"Grampa tell the story; the one about me\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nHe thinks back and his eyes shine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nsays listen child, once upon a time...[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nLate one night by the harvest moon[/tab]\r\n\r\nyour daddy climbed a ladder to your momma's room\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe knew his place, it was right beside her[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nStep by step, up to her world[/tab]\r\n\r\nhead over heels for my little girl\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nand here you are, that's all that matters[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\n'cause heaven was waitin' at the top of Jacob's ladder[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]E/G#[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOh, and an angel was waitin' at the top of Jacob's Ladder[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\nand Rachel was a land baron's daughter\n\nborn with a silver spoon in her mouth.\n\nHer daddy said he wouldn't stand\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\nJacob climbed a ladder up to Rachel's room\n\n\n\nhead over heels for his brown-eyed girl\n\n\n\n[Verse] (Key change to A)\n\n\nsince her daddy found a ladder\n\n\nHe swore he'd never forgive them\n\n\nNow she climbs up on his knee\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\nyour daddy climbed a ladder to your momma's room\n\n\n\nhead over heels for my little girl\n\n\n\nA E/G#  F#","chords":["G","C","A","D","Bm","E","E/G#","F#"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}