Jackknife chords by
Chip Taylor
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Key: G major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
C
C

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Jackknife living
D
D

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out in the fields
G
G

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Buried there at the foot of
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the Virginia hills
He's better off he's standing still
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Oh there was a time
C
C

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Done some chores back in the day
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G

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D
D

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Cut some rope and whittled away
He killed a man, he's a shame to see
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G

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Now he's cryin' in the fields
C
C

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I don't want to kill nobody
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G

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I don't want to kill nobody
D
D

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I don't want to feel like jackknife anymore.
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G

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C
C

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When young Charles Consett
was called to war,
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G

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he bought some beads in a Bible store.
D
D

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He wasn't sure what he was praying for,
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G

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he was praying anyway.
C
C

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And the en emy was a young boy,
D
D

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14 years old,
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G

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shivering scared out in the cold.
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D

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Charles raised his gun and let it fold,
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G

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and the boy just ran away.
C
C

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D
D

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I don't want to kill nobody.
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G

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I don't want to kill nobody.
A
A

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D
D

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I don't want to feel like jackknife anymore
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G

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C
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The colonel sat in a
straight -backed chair
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G

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and Charles, Ma, and Pa were there
D
D

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The sentence was what they feared
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G

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Let the muskets fire away."
C
C

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His mama cried,
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G

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his dad clenched his teeth
when they asked Charles
if he wanted to speak.
D
D

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He fumbled with his beads
and rose from his seat
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G

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and said he was sorry
he brought shame to his
family and his country
by going over the hill.
C
C

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13 offices of the 123rd Illinois,
including a regimental
and company commander,
D
D

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petitioned the highest office
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G

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that Charles Sendspeak commuted.
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C

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And on September 24, 1864,
President Lincoln,
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G

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in response to what they were asking for,
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gave the order to open the stockade door
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G

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and let Charles go free.
C
C

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I don't want to kill nobody
G
G

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I don't want to kill nobody
D
D

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I don't want to feel like
G
G

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Jack Knife anymore
C
C

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Jackknife livin' out in the fields
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G

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Buried there at the foot
of the Virginia hills
D
D

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He's better off, he's standin' still
G
G

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So there was a time
C
C

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He done his chores back in the day
D
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G
G

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Cut some rope and whittled away
D
D

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And he killed a man,
he's a shame to say
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G

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He's cryin' in the fields
C
C

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I don't wanna kill nobody
G
G

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I don't wanna kill nobody
D
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I don't wanna feel like
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Jack Knapp anymore
G
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