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Ah.. When Jack comes ashore,
He's got money galore,
And he's seldom cut short of a job;
He can dress now as well,
As any can tell,
With a good silver watch in his fob.
Poor Jack in his life,
Was ne'er paired with a wife,
Though sometimes with lasses he links;
He's a seafaring, sail-making, gamboling, capering,
Grog-drinking hero, Jack Hinks,
Oh, oh, Jack Hinks.
When inclined for to spend,
He walks in with a friend,
And with pleasure he sits himself down;
He tips off his glass,
And he winks at the lass,
And he smiles if she happens to frown.
And like a rattling true blue,
When the reckoning comes due,
On the table the money he clinks.
He's a seafaring, sail-making, gamboling, capering,
Grog-drinking hero....
Bound home the other fall,
We fell into a squall,
'Round the northernmost head of Cape Freels;
We were washed away,
Without further delay,
At the thought how my spirit it chills.
We were bashed on the rocks,
Like a hard-hunted fox,
Of death and destruction we thinks;
He's a seafaring, sail-making, gamboling, capering,
Grog-drinking hero, Jack Hinks,
Oh, oh, Jack Hinks.
But, Jack, without fail,
Was out in that same gale,
Having drove across Bonavist' Bay;
Old Neptune did rale,
As he handed off sail,
And he had his two spars cut away.
Oh, but Providence kind
So eases the wind,
And on sailors so constantly thinks;
He saved that seafaring sail-making, gamboling, capering,
Seafaring, sail-making, gamboling, capering,
Seafaring, sail-making, gamboling, capering,
Grog-drinking hero.... Jack Hinks.
This variant arranged and recorded by Great Big Sea (Turn, 1999).
The YouTube video above features a live performance by Great Big Sea with a long (1:34) lead-in at the First Mainstage Show during the Ships and Dip V cruise in February, 2009.
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(Capo 5th fret)
Intro: [C] [Am7] [Dm7] [G] [C] [Dm] [G] [C] [Am7] [Dm7] [G] [C] [G7] [C]
When Jack comes a- [Am7] shore,
He's got [Dm7] money ga- [G] lore,
And he's [C] seldom cut [Dm] short of a [G] job;
He can [C] dress now as [Am7] well,
As [Dm7] any can [G] tell,
With a [C] good silver [G7] watch in his [C] fob.
Poor [C] Jack [C] in [C] his [C] life,
Was ne'er [Dm] paired [Dm] with [Dm] a [G7] wife,
Though [C] sometimes with [Dm7] lasses he [G] links; [G7]
He's a [C] seafaring, [Am7] sail-making, [Dm7] gamboling, [G] capering,
[C] Grog-drinking [G7] hero, Jack [C] Hinks,
[G7] Oh, oh, Jack [C] Hinks.
When inclined for to [Am7] spend,
He walks [Dm7] in with a [G] friend,
And with [C] pleasure he [Dm] sits himself [G] down;
He [C] tips off his [Am7] glass,
And he [Dm7] winks at the [G] lass,
And he [C] smiles if she [G7] happens to [C] frown.
And like a [C] ratt- [C] ling [C] true [C] blue,
When the [Dm] reckon- [Dm] ing [Dm] comes [G7] due,
On the [C] table the [Dm7] money he [G] clinks; [G7]
He's a [C] seafaring, [Am7] sail-making, [Dm7] gamboling, [G] capering,
[C] Grog-drinking [G7] hero....
Interlude: (accordian solo)
Bound home the other [Am7] fall,
We fell [Dm7] into a [G] squall,
'Round the [C] northermost [Dm] head of Cape [G] Freels;
We [C] were washed a- [Am7] way,
Without [Dm7] further de- [G] lay,
At the [C] thought, how my [G7] spirit it [C] chills.
We were [C] bashed [C] on [C] the [C] rocks,
Like a [Dm] hard- [Dm] hunt- [Dm] ed [G7] fox,
Of [C] death and des- [Dm7] truction we [G] thinks; [G7]
He's a [C] seafaring, [Am7] sail-making, [Dm7] gamboling, [G] capering,
[C] Grog-drinking [G7] hero, Jack [C] Hinks,
[G7] Oh, oh, Jack [C] Hinks.
Jack, without [Am7] fail,
Was out [Dm7] in that same [G] gale,
Having [C] drove across [Dm] Bonavist' [G] Bay;
Oh, [C] Neptune did [Am7] rale,
As he [Dm7] handed off [G] sail,
And [C] he had his two [G7] spars cut a- [C] way.
Oh, but [C] Pro- [C] vi- [C] dence [C] kind
That so [Dm] ease- [Dm] s [Dm] the [G7] wind,
And on [C] sailors so [Dm7] constantly [G] thinks; [G7]
He saved that [C] seafaring, [Am7] sail-making, [Dm7] gamboling, [G] capering,
[C] Seafaring, [Am7] sail-making, [Dm7] gamboling, [G] capering,
[C] Seafaring, [Am7] sail-making, [Dm7] gamboling, [G] capering, [C]
Grog-drinking [G7] hero.... Jack Hinks.
(In C chord position play each string one at a time slowly)
A string 3rd fret,
D string 2nd fret,
G string open,
B string 1st fret.
~ Chords contributed by Bob Dumais ~
