Need chords:Jackaroe

Subject: Need chords:Jackaroe
From: John E
Date: 25 Feb 00 - 07:16 PM

found the words, need the chords -- anyone? thanks and peace, whatever that is sj

Subject: RE: Need chords:Jackaroe
From: Sorcha
Date: 25 Feb 00 - 07:34 PM

Sheet music, no chords, is in the Mirror: here Hope the link works.

Subject: RE: Need chords:Jackaroe
From: Sorcha
Date: 25 Feb 00 - 07:38 PM

DMNT! I guess the Mirrior's messed up again. Try searching for "Yet Another Digital Tradition Page", maybe that will get you there.

Subject: RE: Need chords:Jackaroe
From: BK
Date: 25 Feb 00 - 07:52 PM

TRY THIS: all verses the same, no real chorus; repeat, extend & emaphasize the last lines of the last verse (o-o, why not you & me....)

3rd verse:

[Em]Now, Jackie's gone a-sailin' with [G]trouble on his [B]mind, to [Em]leave his native [G]country, an his [Em]darlin' girl [G]behind, [Em]o-o, [B]darlin' girl be[Em]hind..

Cheers, BK

Subject: RE: Need chords:Jackaroe
From: John E
Date: 26 Feb 00 - 07:03 PM

Thanks, BK. I knew I heard more chords in it than the GD link had. Hey, Sorcha, thanks for trying. What's this "Mirror?" I took you literally about searching for "yet another . . . " No matches, of course.

Subject: RE: Need chords:Jackaroe
From: steve berman
Date: 17 May 00 - 01:35 AM

maybe this will help- 1 source for chords is Alan Lomax's folk songs ofnorth america, it is song #82 (p.164) and called "lily munroe." the lyrics are almost identical to those found on the DT search site, and attributed to a Joan Baez performance. the chords are as follows: Dm Dm Am Dm Am F C Dm C Dm C Dm

I also have sheet music with melody and chords to a version with identical lyrics to the DT #331 version. A friend shared this with me and i am trying to track down the book it came from. The song in this version is titled "Jackaroe", and is on page 80 of the book it was copied from. At the top of the page there is a little background about this song genre, a picture of the woman holding her wounded lover, and the following items: Key: D minor, Capo: 5th, Play: A minor (Laws N 7)

The chords are given as follows (a dash - means hold same chord for another measure) I'm not sure why they give the alternate key chords, we've been playing the A minor version without a capo:

Em(Am) G(C) - B(E7) - Em(Am) G(C) C(F) G(C) Em(Am) B(E7) Em(Am) -