Crooked Jack

This isn't a Nickel Creek song, but the lyrics given are not the original lyrics, and are in fact the words Nickel Creek sang (at least at the Kennedy Performing Arts Center.) Also, though many people refer to this song as "Crooked Jack", it is a combination of a song called "Crooked Jack" and another song called "Blacksmith." Enjoy! Intro: (4x) A blacksmith courted me Nine months and better He fairly won my heart He wrote me a letter With his hammer in his hand He looked quite clever And if I was with my love I would live for-ev-er (Pre-Chorus) Come Irishmen, both young and stern With adventure in your soul There are better ways to spend your days Than working down a hole I was tall and true, all of 6 foot 2 But they broke me across the back By a name I'm known but it's not my own They call me Crooked Jack But where's my love gone With his cheeks like roses And his good black Billycock on Decked around with primroses I fear the blazing sun Will shine and burn his beauty And if I was with my love I would do my duty (Pre-Chorus) The ganger's blue-eyed pet was I Big Jack could do no wrong And the reason simply was because I could work for hours and long (Chorus) (solos) (4x) Strange news is come to town Strange news is carried Strange news is come to town That my love is married Oh I wish them both much joy Though they can't hear me And may God reward them well For the slighting of me (Pre-Chorus) And I've seen old men before their time Their faces drawn and gray But I never thought so soon would be mine Be lined in the self same way (Bridge) Do you remember when You lay beside me And you said you'd marry me And not deny me If I said I'd marry you (Fm)(Eb) ) It was only for to try you So bring your witness love And I'll not deny you (vocalized chord) (Chorus) (This riff is a work in progress, and I'll put the rest up once I figure it all out.) (overlapping) (Follow the normal chord progression for 1 and you should be fine.) 1: They say that honest toil is good For the spirit and the soul But believe me boys it's for sweat and blood That they want you down a hole I was tall and true, all of 6 foot 2 But they broke me across the back By a name I'm known but it's not my own They call me Crooked Jack 2: No witness have I none Save God Almighty And may he reward you well For the slighting of me Her lips grew pale and wan It made a poor heart tremble To think she loved a one And he proved decietful (Outro, which I still don't know, but for now I'd use the solo)