Crooked Jack Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

  Emcome Irish men both yGoung and Dold

  with Emadventure in your Dsoul

  Emthere are better ways to Gspend your Ddays

  Emthan tiolen Ddown a Emhole

(chorus)

  I was Gtall and true all of Dsix foot two

  till they Embroke me Dacross theEm back

  EmBy a name I'm known it's Gnot my Down

  they Emcall me Dcrooked Emjack

(second verse)

  Emthe blue eyed gangers Gpet was DI

  Big EmJack could do no Dwrong

  Emthe reason simply Gwas Dbecause

  I could Emwork hard Dhours and Emlong

(chorus)

(third verse)

I've seen men old before their time

their faces dark and gray

I never thought that I myself

Would soon be the self same way

(Chorus)

(third verse)

I cursed the day I went away

To work on those Hydro dams

for sweat and tears or hope and fear

bound up a shuddering jams

(chorus)

(final verse)

they say that honest toil is good

for the body and the soul

but I tell you boys it's blood and sweat

that they want you down a hole.