{"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":1972769,"song":"Crooked Jack","artist":"Dick Gaughan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11441392-crooked-jack-chords-by-dick-gaughan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1972769?type=chord","rating":4.47483,"votes":7,"content":"Since I tabbed this song I think it's only fair to tab the chords for all the acoustic players out there.\r\n(The chords are shown below)\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]A7[/ch] \r\ne|-x----3----2-----x-----------|\r\nB|-x----3----3-----0-----------|\r\nG|-0----0----2-----2-----------|\r\nD|-2----0----0-----2-----------|\r\nA|-2----2----x-----0-----------|\r\nE|-0----3----x-----x-----------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]     \r\nCome on Irishmen both young and old[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nWith adventure in your soul[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere are better ways to spend your days[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThen by working down a hole[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI was tall and true all of 6 foot 2[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTil they broke me across my back[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBy a name I'm known that is not my own[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A7[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]       \r\nFor they call me crooked Jack[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I curse the day I went away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nTo work on those hydro dams[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll our sweat and tears our hopes and fears[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nBound up with shuttering jams[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI was tall and true all of 6 foot 2[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTil they broke me across my back[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBy a name I'm known that is not my own[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A7[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]       \r\nFor they call me crooked Jack[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor I've seen men old before their time[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nTheir faces worn and gray[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I never thought that I myself[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nWould soon be the self same way[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI was tall and true all of 6 foot 2[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTil they broke me across my back[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBy a name I'm known that is not my own[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A7[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]       \r\nFor they call me crooked Jack[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd they say that honest toil is good[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nFor the body and the soul[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I'll tell you boys it's for sweat and blood[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThat they want you down the hole[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI was tall and true all of 6 foot 2[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTil they broke me across my back[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBy a name I'm known that is not my own[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A7[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]       \r\nFor they call me crooked Jack[/tab]","plain_text":"Since I tabbed this song I think it's only fair to tab the chords for all the acoustic players out there.\n(The chords are shown below)\n\n\n\n[Intro]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Em","G","D","A7","B","A","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"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]}}}