My Name Is Jack tab

My Name Is Jack

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From: Andrew Rogers 
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 15:49:11 -0400
Subject: m/manfred_mann/my_name_is_jack.crd

                           "My Name Is Jack"
                              (John Simon)

Note: the record is somewhere between Db and D; I've notated it in D.

Intro:

	(recorder arr. for guitar):

	 v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
	----12--14-------|12---------------|
	-15----------15--|---------15------|
	-----------------|----14-----------|
	-----------------|-----------------|
	-----------------|-----------------|
	-----------------|-----------------|

	 v   v    v   v     v   v   v   v
	-12-14-15-14--12--|-----12----------|
	------------------|-15--------------|
	------------------|--------14-------|
	------------------|-----------------|
	------------------|-----------------|
	------------------|-----------------|

Verse 1 partial:

	(w/recorder and electric piano):

	    D       Em         D
	My name is Jack and I live in the back
	        G     A     D
	Of the Greta Garbo Home
	       A             F#/A#
	With friends I will remember
	     Bm  E      A
	Wherever I may roam

Chorus:

	    G          D/F#
	And my name's Jack
	       Em   /A      D
	And I live in the back
	         G   F#m             B
	Of the Greta Garbo Home For Wayward Boys And Girls

	We all love Jack
	And we live in the back
	Of the Greta Garbo Home For Wayward Boys And Girls

	Bb       A         D N.C.; drum fill
	/ / / /  / / / /   /

Verse 2:

	  D         Em           D/F#
	There goes Fred with his hands on his head
	            G           A        D
	'Cause he thinks he's heard the bomb
	     A          F#7
	And here comes Superspade US single: Superman
	     Bm     E      A
	Who really puts it on

	It's lots of fun and I love to run
	Up and down the stairs
	I make as much noise as I want
	And no one ever cares

repeat chorus

Verse 3:

	There's Carl over there with his funny old hair
	And he's never sad at all
	And when I grow up I want to run
	As fast as my friend Paul

	There's the prettiest girl in the whole wide world
	And her name is Melody Mend
	And here comes Ma with Brother Tom
	Who's probably my best friend
	          Bb
	My best friend

	key changes to Eb

Chorus in Eb:

	    Ab        Eb/G
	And my name's Jack
	       Fm  /Bb     Eb
	And I live in the back
	        Ab    Gm             C
	Of the Greta Garbo Home For Wayward Boys And Girls

	We all love Jack
	And we live in the back
	Of the Greta Garbo Home For Wayward Boys And Girls

	Cb       Bb        Eb N.C.; drum fill
	/ / / /  / / / /   /

Partial verse fades as chorus re-enters:

	    Eb      Fm        Eb/G
	My name is Jack and I live in the back of the... fade

Coda:

	repeat 2X:

	   Ab       Eb/G
	We all love Jack
	        Fm  /Bb     Eb
	And we live in the back
	        Ab    Gm             C
	Of the Greta Garbo Home For Wayward Boys And Girls

	repeat to fade:

	            C
	My name is Jack
	And I live in the back


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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