Chords for songs

Jack Johnson

Jack Johnson

Jack Johnson chords

by Tom Russell

Year: 1991

Genre: Folk

Guitar
Tuning E A D G B E
Capo No capo
Transpose
EADGBE

G
F
C
D
Bm
Em
Am

Smart scroll

Chord Highlight

Intro 1

G

F

G

C

F

G

C

F

Verse 1

He was

G

born in

18

C

90,

on the

G

Gulf of

C

Mexico

G

Fought his

way a

C

round the world

with

G

hand, and

heart, and

C

soul

He

G

trot out all

your Great

C

White

Hopes But they'd

G

better

C

bring a gun

Jack

G

Johnson's made

C

of iron

he's all

G

counter punch

C

and run

Chorus 1

Yonder

G

comes

Jack

D

Johnson

G

Like he owns

the

C

town

There's a lot

Bm

of white

Amer_

Em

icans

Like to

Am

see a man go

C

down

Like to

D

see a black

man

Interlude 1

G

(drown)

C

F

G

C

F

G

C

F

Verse 2

Jack

G

stood on

the Ti

C

tanic pier

with a

G

thousand

C

dollar roll

But the

G

captain

said,

C

"Sorry boy

D

we ain't

haulin'

C

coal"

So

G

Jack

danced the

C

Eagle Rock

in a

G

tavern

C

on the shore

While the

G

captain

danced his

C

final dance

on the At

G

lantic Ocean

C

floor

Chorus 2

Yonder

G

comes

Jack

D

Johnson

G

Like he owns

the

C

town

There's a lot

Bm

of white

Amer_

Em

icans

Like to

Am

see a man go

C

down

Like to

D

see a black

man

Solo 1

G

(drown)

C

G

C

G

C

G

C

G

C

G

C

G

C

G

C

Verse 3

Jack

G

Johnson

beat Jim

C

Jeffries,

till

G

there weren't

C

nothin' left

And

G

every time

he'd

C

throw a punch

he'd say

G

"Package

for

C

Mr. Jeff!"

Then he

G

ran off

with some white

C

girl,

G

man that

C

made 'em mad

G

All agreed

and all

C

decreed,

that

G

Black

Man was

C

bad

Chorus 3

Yonder

G

comes

Jack

D

Johnson

G

Like he owns

the

C

town

There's a lot

Bm

of white

Amer_

Em

icans

Like to

Am

see a man go

C

down

Like to

D

see a black

man

Interlude 2

G

(drown)

C

F

G

C

F

Verse 4

Well, I

G

stole a line

from

C

Lead Belly

G

I don't think

he'd

C

mind

'Cause

G

Lead Belly

and

C

Jack,

They were

G

cut from the

same

vine

Chorus 4

Yonder

G

comes

Jack

D

Johnson

G

Like he owns

the

C

town

There's a lot

Bm

of white

Amer_

Em

icans

Like to

Am

see a man go

C

down

Like to

D

see a black

man

Outro 1

G

(drown)

C

F

G

C

F

G

C

F

G

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