Jack of all trades    (video)

 

    A ~

 

                          A                                                  D

1. I'll mow your lawn, clean the leaves out your drain,

                            A                             E

    I'll mend your roof to keep out the rain.

                         A                         D

    I'll take the work that God provides,

                                A       - E                               A

    I'm a Jack of all trades,        honey, we'll be alright.

 

                               A                              D

2. I'll hammer the nails, and I'll set the stone,

                                A                                           E

    I'll harvest your crops when they're ripe and grown.

                                      A                                                          D

    I'll pull that engine apart and patch her up 'til she's running right,

                                A       - E                  A

    I'm a Jack of all trades,       we'll be alright.

 

                              D                             A

+  The hurricane blows, brings a hard rain

                                      A                                                      E

    when the blue sky breaks, feels like the world's gonna change.

                                              A                                             D 

    We'll start caring for each other like Jesus said that we might

                                A        - E                    A

    I'm a Jack of all trades,         we'll be alright

 

+  instrumental = verse 1

 

                                           D                                               A

+  The banker man grows fatter, the working man grows thin.

                                    A                                 E

    it's all happened before and it'll happen again.

                           A                                      D

    It'll happen again, yeah, they'll bet your life,

                                A      - E                                       A

    I'm a Jack of all trades,      and, darling, we'll be alright.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                     A                                                            D

3. Now sometimes tomorrow comes soaked in treasure and blood,

                                     A                                          E

    here we stood the drought, now we'll stand the flood.

                                       A                               D

    There's a new world coming, I can see the light,

                                A        - E                 A

    I'm a Jack of all trades,       we'll be alright.

 

                                             A                                        D

4. So you use what you've got, and you learn to make do,

                          A                        E

    you take the old, you make it new.

                           A                                                                 D

    If I had me a gun, I'd find the bastards and shoot 'em on sight,

                                A        - E                 A        - F#m

    I'm a Jack of all trades,        we'll be alright,

               D               A       - E                  A

    I'm a Jack of all trades,       we'll be alright.

 

+  instrumental = verse 3 (ending in F#m)  

 

+  D - A - E   - A - D - A

 

    (Bruce Springsteen)