Em G D A7
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[Intro]
Em G
Come on Irishmen both young and old
D A7
With adventure in your soul
Em G
There are better ways to spend your days
D A7
Then by working down a hole
[Chorus]
G D
I was tall and true all of 6 foot 2
Em D
Til they broke me across my back
Em G
By a name I'm known that is not my own
D A7 Em
For they call me crooked Jack
[Verse]
Em G
And I curse the day I went away
D A7
To work on those hydro dams
Em G
All our sweat and tears our hopes and fears
D A7
Bound up with shuttering jams
[Chorus]
G D
I was tall and true all of 6 foot 2
Em D
Til they broke me across my back
Em G
By a name I'm known that is not my own
D A7 Em
For they call me crooked Jack
[Verse]
Em G
For I've seen men old before their time
D A7
Their faces worn and gray
Em G
But I never thought that I myself
D A7
Would soon be the self same way
[Chorus]
G D
I was tall and true all of 6 foot 2
Em D
Til they broke me across my back
Em G
By a name I'm known that is not my own
D A7 Em
For they call me crooked Jack
[Verse]
Em G
And they say that honest toil is good
D A7
For the body and the soul
Em G
But I'll tell you boys it's for sweat and blood
D A7
That they want you down the hole
[Chorus]
G D
I was tall and true all of 6 foot 2
Em D
Til they broke me across my back
Em G
By a name I'm known that is not my own
D A7 Em
For they call me crooked Jack
