Marc Almond - Jacky (Jacques Brel & Gérard Jouannest) E|E|-----------------|E|-----------------|E|-----------------|---| If you enjoyed this, please add it to your favourites and/or give a rating to show appreciation for the work that went into providing it for you There's multiple key changes from F#m to Gb throughout the song but to make things easier I have kept the same key and sharps/flats chord notation in the whole song - The chords listed are merely suggestions that will work for a solo performance. Suggested Chords E|-----------------| F#m7 G#m7 F#m C#m7 F# F#maj7 C#7 G#m G#mMaj7 C# A# D#m A#m D E E|--2----4-----9----9----6----6------4----4-----4------4---6---6----6---5---7--| B|--2----4-----10---9----7----6------6----4-----4------6---6---7----6---7---9--| G|--2----4-----11---9----6----6------4----4-----4------6---7---8----6---7---9--| D|--2----4-----11---9----8----8------6----6-----5------6---8---8----8---7---9--| A|--4----6-----9----11---9----9------4----6-----6------4---8---6----8---5---7--| E|--2----4-----X----9----X----X------x----4-----4------X---6---X----6---X---X--| [Intro] F#m7 G#m7 F#m7 G#m7 F#m7 G#m7 F#m7 G#m7 F#m Jack, Jack [Verse] F#m C#m7 F#m C#m7 F#m C#m7 F#m C#m7 And if one day I should become, a singer with a Spanish bum who sings for women of great virtue F#m C#m7 F#m C#m7 F#m C#m7 F#m C#m7 I'd sing to them with a guitar I borrowed from a coffee bar, Well what you don't know doesn't hurt you F# F#maj7 F# My name would be Antoni-o and all my bridges I would burn F#maj7 G#m7 C#7 G#m7 C#7 And when I gave them some they'd know I'd expect something in return G#m G#mMaj7 G#m7 I'd have to get drunk every night and talk about virili-ty C# A# A#7 With some old grandmother that might be decked out like a Christmas tree D#m A#m D#m A#m D#m And no pink elephant I'd see, though I'd be drunk as I could be A#m D#m A#m F# Still I would sing my song to me about the time they called me "Jacky" [Chorus] F# F#maj7 F# F#maj7 G#m If I could be for only an hour, If I could be for an hour every day G#m7 G#m G#mMaj7 G#m7 C# N.C. F# D E F#m If I could be for just one little hour, Cute in a stupid ass way Jacky [Verse] F#m C#m7 F#m C#m7 F#m C#m7 F#m C#m7 And if I joined the social whirl became pro-curer of young girls, then I could have my own bor-dellos F#m C#m7 F#m C#m7 F#m C#m7 F#m C#m7 My record would be number one and I'd sell records by the ton, all sung by many other fellows F# F#maj7 F# My name would then be handsome Jack and I'd sell boats of opi-um F#maj7 G#m7 C#7 G#m7 C#7 Whisky that came from Twicken-ham, authentic queens and phoney virgins G#m G#mMaj7 G#m7 C# I'd have a bank on every finger, a finger in every count-ry and every country ruled by me A# A#7 I'd still know where I'd wanna be D#m A#m D#m A#m D#m Locked up in-side my opium den, Surrounded by some china men A#m D#m A#m F# I'd sing the song that I sang then, About the time they called me "Jacky" [Chorus] F# F#maj7 F# F#maj7 G#m If I could be for only an hour, If I could be for an hour every day G#m7 G#m G#mMaj7 G#m7 C# N.C. F# F#m D E F#m If I could be for just one little hour, Cute in a stupid ass way (16 bars instumental) [Verse] F#m C#m7 F#m C#m7 F#m C#m7 F#m C#m7 Now, tell me, wouldn't it be nice, that if one day in para-dise I'd sing for all the ladies up there F#m C#m7 F#m C#m7 F#m C#m7 F#m C#m7 And they would sing along with me and we be so happy there to be, 'Cos down be-low is really nowhere F# F#maj7 F# My name would then be "Jupi-ter" then I would know where I was going F#maj7 G#m7 C#7 G#m7 C#7 Become all knowing, my beard so very long and flowing G#m G#mMaj7 G#m7 If I could play deaf, dumb and blind because I pitied all man-kind C# A# A#7 And broke my heart to make things right, I know that every single night D#m A#m D#m A#m D#m When my an-gelic work was through, the angels and the Devil too A#m D#m A#m F# Could sing my childhood song to me, about the time they called me "Jacky" [Chorus] F# F#maj7 F# F#maj7 G#m If I could be for only an hour, If I could be for an hour every day G#m7 G#m G#mMaj7 G#m7 C# N.C. F# If I could be for just one little hour, Cute in a stupid ass way [Outro] G#m F#m G#m F#m D E F#m D E F# Jacky