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Jacob's Ladder chords by Mark Wills

  • G

  • C

  • D

  • Am

  • E

  • A

  • Bm

    2
  • F#m

    2
Intro 1
G
C
D
G
C
D
Verse 1
G
Jacob was
a dirt poor farm boy
Raised at the fork in the road
C
in a clapboard house
And Rachael was a land
G
C
baron's daughter
G
Born with a silver spoon in her mouth
Her daddy said he wouldn't
stand
For Rachael to waste her life
C
with a common man
G
Am
He tried hard to keep them apart
G
C
But you can't draw lines in
D
a young girl's heart

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Verse 2
C
So late one night by the harvest moon
Jacob climbed a ladder up
to Rachael's room
G
He knew his place, it was right beside her
C
Step by step up to her world
Head over heels for a brown-eyed girl
girl
G
And gettin' caught didn't
seem to matter
Am
G
C
D
'Cause heaven was waitin' at the top of
Interlude 1
Jacob's ladder
G
D
G
C
D
G
C
D
E
Verse 3
A
It'll be five years September
Since her daddy found a ladder and
D
a note on her windowsill
He swore he'd never forgive them
But nothin' melts a heart
A
like a grandchild will
Now she climbs up on his knee
D
A
Says, "Grandpa, tell a story,
D
the one about me"
Bm
He thinks back and his eyes shine
A
D
Says, "Listen Child, once upon a time"
E
Verse 4
A
D
Late one night by the harvest moon
Your daddy climbed a ladder to
your mama's room
A
He knew his place, it was right beside her
D
Step by step up to her world
Head over heels for my little girl
A
And here you are,
that's all that matters
Bm
A
D
'Cause heaven was watin' at
E
the top of Jacob's ladder
A
Verse 5
F#m
Bm
E
Oh, an angel was waitin' at the top
Outro 1
of Jacob's ladder
A
D
E
A
D
E
A
N/A
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