Excerpt From A Teenage Opera - Grocer Jack

A/C#

E 0
B 2
G 2
D 2
A 4
E x


Count in:
2,3,4

[Intro]
A E B E
A A B     x2
E

[Verse]
E
Counts the days into years, Yes 82 brings many fears
    A                A/C#
Yesterday’s laughter turns to tears
    A
His arms, his legs don’t feel so strong
    E
His heart is weak there’s something wrong

[Bridge]
    B
Opens windows in despair
Trying to breath in some fresh air
    A
His conscience cries “get on your feet”
    E
“Without you Jack the town cant eat”

[chorus]
E            B               A
Grocer Jack grocer Jack get off your back
    B              E
Go into town don’t let them down
      C#m
Oh no no

(repeat)

A A B

[verse]
    E
The people that live in the town, Don’t understand
    A                    A/C#
He’s never been known to miss his round
    A
Its 10 o’clock the housewife’s yell
    E
When Jack turns up we’ll give him hell

[bridge]
    B
Husbands moan at breakfast tables
No milk no eggs no marmalade labels
    A                         E
Mothers send the children out to Jacks house
To scream and shout

[chorus]
    E       B                A
Grocer Jack grocer Jack get off your back
      B               E
Come into town don’t let us down
      C#m
Oh no no

(Repeat)

[Solo]
(fanfare)
A B E C#m B C#m A B

As intro
    A E B E

[verse]
    E
Its Sunday morning bright and clear Lovely flowers
A          A/C#
decorate a marble square
    A
People cry and walk away
    E
Think about the fateful day

[bridge]
B
Now they wish they’d given Jack
More affection and respect
    A
The little children dressed in black
       E
Don’t know what’s happened to old Jack

[chorus]
    E        B
Grocer Jack grocer Jack
 A               B
Is it true what Mummy says
    E
You wont come back
      C#m
Oh no no