Jack Straw
{Intro}
[E Esus4 E]
[E F#m C#m A]
We can share the women, we can share the wine.
[E Bm D]
We can share what we got of yours
[ A E G#m D A]
'Cause we done shared all of mine.
[E F#m C#m A]
Keep on rollin', just a mile to go;
[E Bm D]
Keep on rollin' my old buddy,
[ A E B A E]
You're movin' much too slow.
[E7sus4 E7]
I just jumped the watchman,
right outside the fence.
Took his rings, four bucks in change,
Ain't that Heaven sent?
[F#7sus4 F#7]
Hurts my ears to listen, Shannon,
Burns my eyes to see
Cut down a man in cold blood, Shannon,
[F#7sus4 D Bm A E]
Might as well been me.
[D Bm A]
We used to play for silver,
[E]
Now we play for life;
[D Bm A]
And one's for sport and one's for blood
[E]
At the point of a knife.
[D Bm A]
And now the die is shaken,
[E]
Now the die must fall.
[D Bm A]
There ain't a winner in the game,
[E A]
Who don't go home with all.
[D G D G (SN BASS G F# F E)]
Not with all.
[E F#m C#m A]
Leavin' Texas, Fourth day of July,
[E Bm D]
Sun so hot, the clouds so low,
[A E G#m D A]
The eagles filled the sky
[E F#m C#m A]
Catch the Detroit Lightnin' out of Sante Fe,
[E Bm D]
The Great Northern out of Cheyenne,
[A E B A E]
From sea to shining sea.
[E7sus4 E7]
Gotta go to Tulsa,
First train we can ride.
Gotta settle one old score,
One small point of pride.
[F#7sus4 F#7]
There ain't a place a man can hide, Shannon
Will keep him from the sun
Ain't a bed can give us rest now,
[F#7sus4 D Bm A E]
You keep us on the run.
{Jam}
[D Bm A / | E / / / |]
[D Bm A]
Jack Straw from Wichita
[E]
Cut his buddy down,
[D Bm A]
And dug for him a shallow grave
[E]
And laid his body down.
[D Bm A]
Half a mile from Tucson,
[E]
By the morning light,
[D Bm A]
One man gone and another to go,
[E A D G D G ]
My old buddy you're moving too slow.
[E F#m C#m A E]
We can share the women, we can share the wine.