{t:Jack Was Every Inch A Sailor}
{st:Trad.}
{c:|NTRO: [G] [D7] [G] [G]↓}
[X]Now, ‘twas [G]twenty-five or thirty years
Since Jack first saw the [D7]light
He came into this world of woe
One dark and stormy [G]night
He was born on board his father’s ship
As she was lying [D7]to
‘Bout twenty-five or thirty miles
Southeast of Bacca-[G]↓-lieu
{c:CHORUS:}
{soc}
[D7]↓ Oh [G]Jack was every inch a [D7]sailor
Five and twenty years a [G]whaler
Jack was every inch a [D7]sailor
He was born upon the deep blue [G]sea
{eoc}
When [G]Jack grew up to be a man
He went to Labra-[D7]dor
He fished in Indian Harbour
Where his father fished be-[G]fore
On his returning in the fog
He met a heavy [D7]gale
And Jack was swept into the sea
And swallowed by a [G]↓ whale
{c:CHORUS:}
{soc}
[D7]↓ Oh [G]Jack was every inch a [D7]sailor
Five and twenty years a [G]whaler
Jack was every inch a [D7]sailor
He was born upon the deep blue [G]sea
{eoc}
The [G]whale went straight for Baffin’s Bay
‘Bout ninety knots an [D7]hour
And ev’ry time he’d blow a spray
He’d send it in a [G]shower
“Oh now” says Jack unto himself
“I must see what he’s a-[D7]bout!”
He caught the whale all by the tail
And turned him inside [G]↓ out!
{c:CHORUS:}
{soc}
[D7]↓ Oh [G]Jack was every inch a [D7]sailor
Five and twenty years a [G]whaler
Jack was every inch a [D7]sailor
He was born upon the deep blue [G]sea
{eoc}
{t:Jack Was Every Inch A Sailor}
