Jack Straw chords by
Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead

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4.7 (3)
Key: E major
Intro 1
B
B
B
B
Verse 1
B
C#m
We can share the women,
G#m
E
we can share the wine
B
F#m
A
We can share what we got of yours
E
B
'Cause we done shared all of mine
D#m
A
E
Verse 2
B
C#m
G#m
E
Keep on rollin', just a mile to go
B
F#m
A
Keep on rollin', my old buddy
E
B
You're moving much too slow
F#
E
B
Chorus 1
B
I just jumped the watchman
Right outside the fence
Took his rings, four bucks in change
Ain't that Heaven sent?
C#
Hurts my ears to listen, Shannon
Burns my eyes to see
Cut down a man in cold blood, Shannon
Interlude 1
Might as well be me
A
F#m
E
B
A
F#m
E
B
A
F#m
E
B
A
F#m
E
B
Bridge 1
A
F#m
E
We used to play for silver,
B
now we play for life
A
F#m
E
And one's for sport and one's for blood
B
at the point of a knife
A
F#m
E
And now the die is shaken,
B
now the die must fall
A
F#m
E
There ain't a winner in the game
B
E
He don't go home with all
A
D
Not with all
A
D
Interlude 2
B
B
Verse 3
B
C#m
G#m
E
Leaving Texas, fourth day of July
B
F#m
A
Sun so hot, the clouds so low
E
B
The eagles filled the sky
D#m
A
E
Verse 4
B
C#m
Catch the Detroit Lightning
G#m
E
out of Santa Fe
B
F#m
A
The Great Northern out of Cheyenne
E
B
from sea to shining sea
F#
E
B
Chorus 2
B
Gotta go to Tulsa
First train we can ride
Gotta settle one old score
One small point of pride
C#
There ain't a place a man can hide, Shannon
We'll keep him from the sun
Ain't a bed can give us rest, now
Interlude 3
You keep us on the run
A
F#m
E
B
A
F#m
E
B
A
F#m
E
B
A
F#m
E
B
Bridge 2
A
F#m
E
Jack Straw from Wichita
B
cut his buddy down
A
F#m
E
He dug for him a shallow grave
B
and laid his body down
A
F#m
E
Half a mile from Tucson
B
by the morning light
A
F#m
E
One man gone and another to go
B
E
My old buddy you're moving
A
D
much too slow
A
D
Interlude 4
B
B
Outro 1
B
C#m
We can share the women,
G#m
E
we can share the wine

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