JACK STRAW

LEVEL 5E · 110 BPM · Grateful Dead
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Print the sheet for the piano stand, or load the MIDI into any app and practise at your own tempo.

HOW TO PLAY

  1. 1Put your right thumb on middle C. Most beginner songs stay under five fingers — you never move your hand.
  2. 2Set the speed down and turn CLICK on. Press each key exactly when the note reaches the line.
  3. 3Loop the bar that keeps breaking until it feels easy, then add the left hand and take the speed back up.

LYRICS

We can share the (F#m)wom en, we can share the wine.

ly.

We can share what (Bm)we got of yours, ’cause we (A)done shared all of (E)mine.

Keep on roll in’; just a mile of to (C#m)go.

Fe,

Keep on roll in’, (Bm)my old Chey (D)bud dy.

You’re (A)mov in’ much too (E)slow.

I just jumped the watch man

right out side the fence.

Took his rings, four bucks in change.

Ain’t that heav en (E7)sent?

There Hurts my ears to lis ten, hide, Shan non.

Burns my eyes to see.

Cut down a man in cold blood, Shan non; you might as well be me.

We used to (Bm)play for sil ver; now we play for (E)life.

And one’s for (Bm)sport and one’s for (A)blood at the point of a knife.

And now the (Bm)die has shak en, now the die must (E)fall.

There ain’t a (Bm)win ner in the game.

go.

He don’t go home dy, with all, in’ not with (D)all.

Leav in’ Tex as, (F#m)fourth en, day can of the Ju ly.

Sun so hot, the (Bm)clouds got so low, ’cause the (A)ea gles filled the (E)sky.

Catch the De troit Light nin’ out of San (C#m)ta Fe,

the Great North ern (Bm)out of Chey (D)enne, dy.

from (A)sea to shin ing (E)sea.

Got ta go to Tul sa,

first train we can ride.

Got ta set tle one old score,

one small point of (E7)pride.

There ain’t a place a man can hide, Shan non, will him from the sun.

Cut Ain’t a bed can give us rest now; you keep us on the run.

We Jack to (Bm)Straw from Wich i ta his bud dy (E)down

and dug for (Bm)him and one’s a (A)shal low grave and his bod y

And Half a (Bm)mile from Tuc son, by the morn in’ (E)light,

one man a (Bm)gone and an er to go.

My old go bud dy, you’re mov in’ much too (D)slow.

We can share the (F#m)wom en, we can share the wine.

SONG INFO

Level
5 of 5
Key
E
Tempo
110 BPM
Plays
12
Chords
A B Bm C#m D E E7 Esus4
Category
Rock
Artist
Grateful Dead

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