Jack-a-roe chords by Bob Dylan

Chords with lyrics

chord:
C/BC/B 020010

Verse 1:
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Oh, there was a wealthy merchant, in London he did dwell
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He had a lovely daughter, the truth to you I'll tell
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Oh, the truth to you I'll tell.

Verse 2:
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She had sweethearts a-plenty and men of high degree
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There was none but Jackie Frazier, her true love e'er to bee
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Oh, her true lover e'er to be.

Verse 3:
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"Oh daughter, oh daughter your body I will confine
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If none but Jack the sailor, would ever suit your mind
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Oh, would ever suit your mind. "

Verse 4:
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"This body you may imprison, my heart you can't confine
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There's none but Jack the Sailor would have this heart of mine
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Oh, would have this heart of mine. "

Verse 5:
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Now Jackie's gone a-sailing with trouble on his mind
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To leave his native country and his darling girl behind
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Oh, his darling girl behind.

Verse 6:
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She went into the tailor shop and dressed in men's array
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Then she went into a vessel to convey herself away
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Oh, convey herself away.

Verse 7:
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"Before you step on board, sir, your name I'd like to know"
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She smiled all in her countenance, said, "They call me Jack-A-Roe"
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Oh, they call me Jack-A-Roe.

Verse 8:
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"Your waist is light and slender, your fingers neat and small
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Your cheeks too red and rosy for to face the cannonball"
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Oh, to face the cannonball.

Verse 9:
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"I know my waist is slender and my fingers they are small
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But it would not make me tremble for to see ten thousand fall"
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Oh, to see ten thousand fall.

Verse 10:
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The war soon being over, they hunted all around
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Among the dead and dying her darling love she found
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Oh, her darling love she found.

Verse 11:
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She picked him up all in her arms and carried him to town
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And sent for her physician to quickly heal his wounds
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Oh, to quickly heal his wounds.

Verse 12:
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This couple, they got married, so well they did agree
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This couple they got married, so why not you and me
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Oh, so why not you and me?