Excerpts from a teenage opera
F - C - G - C - F - G - F - G - C
C
1. Count the days into years,
his eighty two brings many fears,
F
yesterday's
laughter turned to tears.
F
His arms and legs don't feel so strong,
C
his heart is weak,
there's something wrong,
G
opens windows in
despair, tries to breathe in some fresh air.
F
His conscience cries: "Get on your
feet,
C
without you, Jack,
the town can't eat!"
C G
F
Grocer Jack, Grocer Jack, get
off your back,
G C Am
go into town, don`t
let them down, oh no, no.
C G F
Grocer Jack, Grocer Jack, get
off your back,
G C Am - F - G
go into town, don`t
let them down, oh no, no.
C
2. The people that live in the
town, don`t understand
F
he`s never been
known to miss his round.
F
It`s ten o`clock, the housewives
yell,
C
”When Jack turns up, we`ll give him hell!”
G
Husbands
moaning, breakfast tables,
no milk, no eggs,
no marmalade labels.
F
Mothers send their children out,
C
to Jack`s house
to scream and shout.
C
G F
Grocer Jack, Grocer Jack, get
off your back,
G C Am
come into town, don`t let us down, oh no, no.
C G F
Grocer Jack, Grocer Jack, get
off your back,
G C Am
go into town, don`t let us down, oh no, no.
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Am - Em -
Am - F - G - F - C - G - C
C
3. It`s
Sunday morning, bright and clear, lovely flowers
F
decorate a
marvellous square.
F
C
People cry and walk away and think about
the fateful day,
G
now they wish, they`d given Jack more attention and respect.
F
C
Little children, dressed in black, don`t
know what happened to old Jack.
C G F G
Grocer Jack, Grocer Jack, is it true what mummy
says,
C Am
you won`t come back ? Oh no, no! (5x)
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- Am (4x) ...
(orig. = capo 4th) (Keith West)