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Jack Hall

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[Intro]
G     D  G    D
G     D  G    D
[Verse]
Oh, my Gname it is Jack Hall, Jack HallD  
Oh, my Gname it is Jack Hall, Jack HallD  
My Emname it is Jack CHall and I've Grobbed both great and Dsmall
And my Emneck shall pay for Call, when I Gdie, when I Ddie
And my Emneck shall pay for Call, when I Ddie
[Verse]
Oh, I've Gtwenty pounds in store, that's not allD  
Oh, I've Gtwenty pounds in store, that's not allD  
Oh, I've Emtwenty pounds in Cstore and I'd Gkill for twenty Dmore
But my Emneck shall pay for Call, when I Gdie, when I Ddie
But my Emneck shall pay for Call, when I Ddie
[Instrumental]
G     D  G    D
[Verse]
Oh, I Grode up Tyburn Hill in a cartD  
Oh, I Grode up Tyburn Hill in a cartD  
Oh, I Emrode up Tyburn CHill and 'twas Gthere I made my Dwill
Saying, “The Embest of friends must Cpart, so fareGwell, so fareDwell”
Saying, “The Embest of friends must Cpart, so fareDwell”
[Verse]
Up the Gladder I did grope, that's no jokeD  
Up the Gladder I did grope and that's no jokeD  
Up the Emladder I did Cgrope and the Ghangman spread his Drope
But Emnever a word I Cspoke, coming Gdown, coming Ddown
But Emnever a word I Cspoke, coming Ddown
[Outro]
G     D  G    D
G     D  G    D
G     D  G    D
G     D  G    D

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Jack Hall

by Steeleye Span

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

G D G D

[Verse]

G D

Oh, my name it is Jack Hall, Jack Hall

G D

Oh, my name it is Jack Hall, Jack Hall

Em C G D

My name it is Jack Hall and I've robbed both great and small

Em C G D

And my neck shall pay for all, when I die, when I die

Em C D

And my neck shall pay for all, when I die

[Verse]

G D

Oh, I've twenty pounds in store, that's not all

G D

Oh, I've twenty pounds in store, that's not all

Em C G D

Oh, I've twenty pounds in store and I'd kill for twenty more

Em C G D

But my neck shall pay for all, when I die, when I die

Em C D

But my neck shall pay for all, when I die

[Instrumental]

G D G D

[Verse]

G D

Oh, I rode up Tyburn Hill in a cart

G D

Oh, I rode up Tyburn Hill in a cart

Em C G D

Oh, I rode up Tyburn Hill and 'twas there I made my will

Em C G D

Saying, “The best of friends must part, so farewell, so farewell”

Em C D

Saying, “The best of friends must part, so farewell”

[Verse]

G D

Up the ladder I did grope, that's no joke

G D

Up the ladder I did grope and that's no joke

Em C G D

Up the ladder I did grope and the hangman spread his rope

Em C G D

But never a word I spoke, coming down, coming down

Em C D

But never a word I spoke, coming down

[Outro]

G D G D

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