Crooked Jack chords

[Em]come Irish men both y[G]oung and [D]old

with [Em]adventure in your [D]soul

[Em]there are better ways to [G]spend your [D]days

[Em]than tiolen [D]down a [Em]hole

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I was [G]tall and true all of [D]six foot two

till they [Em]broke me [D]across the[Em] back

[Em]By a name I'm known it's [G]not my [D]own

they [Em]call me [D]crooked [Em]jack

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[Em]the blue eyed gangers [G]pet was [D]I

Big [Em]Jack could do no [D]wrong

[Em]the reason simply [G]was [D]because

I could [Em]work hard [D]hours and [Em]long

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(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

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(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

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(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.