{"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":1733329,"song":"Jack-A-Roe","artist":"Grateful Dead","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1733329-jack-a-roe-chords-by-grateful-dead/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1733329?type=chord","rating":4.75114,"votes":406,"content":"[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nThere was a wealthy merchant, in London he did dwell,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe had a beautiful daughter, the truth to you we'll tell,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]E7[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOh, the truth to you we'll tell.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nShe had sweethearts a-plenty and men of high degree,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut none but Jack the sailor her true love ever be,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]E7[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOh, her true love ever be.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nJackie's gone a-sailing with trouble on his mind,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe's left his native country and his darling girl behind,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]E7[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOh, his darling girl behind.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nShe went down to a tailor shop and dressed in man's array,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe climbed aboard a vessel and conveyed herself away,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]E7[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOh, conveyed herself away.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nBefore you get on board, sir, our name we'd like to know,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe smiled on her countenance, they call me Jack-a-Roe,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]E7[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOh, they call me Jack-a-Roe.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nI see your waist is slender, your fingers they are small,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYour cheeks too red and rosy to face the cannonball,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOh to face the cannonball.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nI know my waist's too slender, my fingers they are small,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut it would not make me tremble to see ten thousand fall,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOh to see ten thousand fall.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]E7[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]E7[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  x2\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nThe war soon being over she went and looked around,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAmong the dead and wounded her darling boy she found,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]E7[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOh her darling boy she found.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nShe picked him up on in her arms and carried him to town,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe sent for a physician to quickly heal his wounds,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]E7[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOh to quickly heal his wounds.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nThis couple they got married, so well did they agree,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThis couple they got married, so why not you and me?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]E7[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOh why not you and me?[/tab]","plain_text":"Am  C  E7  Am  C  F  C  Am  E7  Am  x2","chords":["Am","C","E7","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]}}}