Crooked Jack chords by John Beag

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Verse 1
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I was tall and true, all of six foot two,
Till they broke me across the back.
By a name I'm known,
and it's not my own,
And they call me Crooked Jack.
There were Irishmen,
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both young and stern,
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With adventure in their soul.
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But the only ways they
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would spend their days
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is working down that hole
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I was tall and true, all of 642,
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till they broke me across the back
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By a name I'm known,
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and it's not my own,
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and they call me Crooked Jack
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Oh, the gang ears blew I, boy I was,
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and Jack could do no wrong
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And the reason simply was because
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I  could work hours hard and long
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I was tolling through all of 642
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till they brought me across the back
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By a name I'm known,
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and it's not my own,
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and they call me Crooked Jack
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I saw them old before their time,
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their faces drawn and grey
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I never thought that soul of mine
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be lined in that same way
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I was tall and   true, all of six foot two
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Till they broke me across the back
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By a name I'm known,
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and it's not my own
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And they called me Crooked Jack
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I forced the day I went away
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To work on the hydro dams
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Our sweat and tears,
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our hopes and fears
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Bound up in shuttling jams
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I was tall and true, all of 642
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Till they broke me across the back
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By a name I'm known,
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and it's not my own
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And they call me Crooked Jack
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They say that honest toil
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is good for the body and the soul
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But believe me boys,
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it's for sweat and blood
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that they want you down that hole
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I was tall and true, all of 642
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Till they broke me across the back
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By a name I'm known,
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and it's not my own
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And they call me Crooked Jack
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I was tall and true, all of 642
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Till they broke me across the back
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By a name I'm known,
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and it's not my own
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And they called me Crooked Jack
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I was tall and true, all of 642
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Till they broke me across the back
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By a name I'm known,
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and it's not my own
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And they call me Crooked Jack
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I was torn and through, all of 642,
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till they broke me across the back
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By a name I'm known,
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and it's not my own,
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and they call me Crooked Jack
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I was torn and through, all of 642
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Till they broke me across the back
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By a name I'm known,
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and it's not my own
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And they call me Crooked Jack you