Verse
Dm
There goes Jack the reckless fool
Dm
Scootin' up the beanstalk
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And with another fool
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Maybe tonight the two
Dm Fm
Will be bottled in alcohool
Dm
There goes Jack, the village loon
Dm
And almost up the beanstalk
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Scampering to the moon
Dm Fm
Doesn't know what he's doin'
Dm Fm
He's hurrying to his ruin
Bridge
A5 D5
No giant finds it bothersome
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To grapple with a midget
A5 D5
He'll pinion Jack beneath his thumb
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And spank him with a digit
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Spank him with a digit
Ab
Jack and the Beanstalk
Eb7 Eb
We'll long remember when
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He shimmied up the stalk
Ab Eb Ab
To beard a giant in his den
Ab
Once up the beanstalk
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If Jack is set upon
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Then Jack be nimble, Jack be quick
Ab Eb Ab
Or Jack you're good as gone
Interlude
C#
Up, up, up, up, there he goes
Eb
Up to where? nobody knows
Ab
Long is the beanstalk
Eb7 Eb
And short is little Jack
C#
The long and short of it is
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Is he ever coming back?
Interlude
C#
Jack and the beanstalk, there goes Jack
Ab
But is Jack ever coming back?
Outro
Eb9 F#
I'll be back and when I've reappeared
B
With the Giant by the beard
D
You will tell the kids the legend of
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The famous Giant Killer Jack!