Jack Was Every Inch A Sailor chords by 
Burl Ives 
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Key: Bb major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Now
'twas twenty five or thirty years
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Since Jack first saw the light
He came into this world of woe
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One dark and stormy night.
He was born on board
his father's ship
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As she was lying to
'Bout twenty five or thirty miles
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Southeast of Baccalieu.
Verse 2
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Chorus: Jack was
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ev'ry inch a sailor,
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Five and twenty years a whaler,
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Jack was ev'ry inch a sailor,
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He was born upon the bright blue sea.
Verse 3
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When Jack grew up to be a man,
He went to the Labrador,
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He fished in Indian Harbour,
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Where his father fished be_ fore.
On his returning in the fog,
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He met a heavy gale,
And Jack was swept into the sea
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And swallowed by a whale.
Interlude 1
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Verse 4
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The whale went straight for
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Baffin's Bay,
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About ninety knot_ s an hour.
And every time he'd blow a spray
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He'd send it in a shower_ .
"O, now" says Jack unto himself,
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"I must see what he's about,"
He caught the whale by the tail
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And turned him inside out.
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(Chorus)
- - Anonymous
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