G
Jacob was a dirt poor farm boy 
                                      C
raised at the fork in the road, in a clapboard house 
 
and Rachel was a land baron's daughter 
 
born with a silver spoon in her mouth. 
 
Her daddy said he wouldn't stand 
                                    C
for Rachel to waste her life with a common man 
A
He tried hard to keep them apart 
       C                D
but you can't draw lines, in a young girl's heart 
C
So late one night by the harvest moon 
Jacob climbed a ladder up to Rachel's room 
G
He knew his place, it was right beside her 
C
step by step, up to her world 
head over heels for his brown eyed girl 
G
and gettin' caught didn't seem to matter 
   A-                       D                                         
G
'cause heaven was waitin' at the top of Jacob's ladder. 
(Key change to A) 
     A
It'll be five years september 
since her daddy found a ladder 
               D
and a note on her window sill 
 
He swore he'd never forgive them 
                                    A
but nothin' melts a heart like a grandchild will 
 
Now she climbs up on his knee 
                               D
says "Grampa tell the story; the one about me" 
B-
He thinks back and his eyes shine 
D                E
says listen child, once upon a time... 
D
Late one night by the harvest moon 
 
your daddy climbed a ladder to your momma's room 
A
He knew his place, it was right beside her 
D
Step by step, up to her world 
head over heals for my little girl 
A
and here you are, that's all that matters 
       B-       E
'cause heaven was waitin' at the top of Jacob's ladder 
A E/G#  F# 
E         B-                   E
A
Oh, and an angel was waitin' at the top of Jacob's Ladder