Jacobs Ladder

G
Jacob was a dirt poor farm boy
raised at the fork in the road, in a
                  C
 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
for Rachel to waste her life with a 
            C
common man
A
He tried hard to keep them apart
            C                      
but you can't draw lines, in a 
 D
young girl's heart

[Chorus]
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

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head over heels for his brown-eyed 
girl
G
and gettin' caught didn't seem to 
matter
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'cause heaven was waitin' at the 
D              G
top of Jacob's ladder.

[Verse] (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
but nothin' melts a heart like a 
                    A
grandchild will

Now she climbs up on his knee
says "Grampa tell the story; the one
            D
 about me"
Bm
He thinks back and his eyes shine
D                      E
says listen child, once upon a 
time...

[Chorus]
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 heels for my little girl
A
and here you are, that's all that 
matters
           Bm             E
'cause heaven was waitin' at the top
 of Jacob's ladder

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E         Bm                   E
Oh, and an angel was waitin' at 
                     A
the top of Jacob's Ladder