Jack O Diamonds Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays499

Jack O Diamonds by Fairport Convention is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, Em, D, G, A, F#, B, E, F, Dbm, Bm and F#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Am 

Em    Am     Em  Am  D         G  A....  
Jack O'Diamond's on the move 
Am               D        Am    
Jack O'Diamonds, one-eyed knave 
Am      D    Am       D 
On the move, hits the street 
D         Am    D      Am     
Bumps his head, on the ground 
D            Am     Am             D  
Well, he's a scout, you're born to lose 
Am        D 
Shouldn't stay 
F#                   B            E 
Jack O'Diamonds is a hard card to play 
Am     D              Am     D  
Jack O'Diamonds, yeah Jack O'Diamonds 
Am            D       Am             D  
This one-eyed prince, wears a single love 
   Am    D        Am    D  
Oh sure, he's not that lovely 
Am      D       Am    D  
Jack O'Diamonds broke my hand 
Am      D   
Left me here to stand 
F                    B            E 
Jack O'Diamonds is a hard card to land 
Em                   E  
Jack O'Diamonds is a hard card 
Jack O'Diamonds is a high card 
Jack O'Diamonds is a hard card 
E      Dbm        Am  E  
But it ain't hard enough 

A     Bm          Dbm        Bm        (I changed this part, you 
Jack O'Diamonds can open for riches      slide back from Dbm to Bm 
Jack O'Diamonds but then it switches     in this part) 
Color by picture but it's only a ten 
A      Bm         A        Dbm   D  E                           
Jack O'Diamonds, yeah Jack O'Diamonds 

(flute solo) 
Am  D G A D A  
A Bm 
A 
E A Bm 
D A 
F#m G A  D 
G A B E 
E 


Am      D         Am        D  
Jack O'Diamonds, yeah Jack O'Diamonds 
Am            D       Am        D  
This one-eyed prince, wears a single love 
Am           D         Am     D  
Oh sure, he's not that lovely 
Am     D        Am       D  
Jack O'Diamonds broke my hand 
Am     D     Am      D  
Left me here to stand 
F#                   B            E  
Jack O'Diamonds is a hard card to play 

Em  
Jack O'Diamonds is a hard card 
Jack O'Diamonds is a high card 
Jack O'Diamonds is a hard card 
Dbm               A   E  
But it ain't hard enough 
A      Bm       Dbm          Bm  
Jack O'Diamonds can open for riches 
Jack O'Diamonds but then it switches 
Color by picture but it's only a ten 
D       A   
Jack O'Diamonds 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante