Happy Jack

Words & Music:

Pete Townshend (1966)

 

This is fully transcribed in Guitar World.

 

Intro riff:  [over D chord]               Main riff:  [palm mute over D chord]

E|------------------------|----           E||---------|---------||

B|------------------------|----           B||---------|---------||

G|---------0---4----0-----|----           G||-2-------|-2-------||

D|-0---2-4-------2----4-0-|-0--           D||-0-4-4-4-|-0-4-4-4-||

A|------------------------|----           A||---5-5-5-|---5-5-5-||

E|------------------------|----           E||---------|---------||

                                           |[bass]              ||

                                          G||---------|---------||

                                          D||---------|---------||

                                          A||-5-------|-5-------||

                                          E||-------5-|-------5-||

 

      D           D           A7    D

Happy Jack wasn't old, but he was a man.

   D            D           A7      D  [play intro riff 1x]

He lived in the sand at the Isle of Man.

 

The kids would all sing, he would take the wrong key.

So they rode on his head on their furry donkey.

 

CHORUS:

    G                             A

The kids couldn't hurt Jack, they tried & tried & tried.

G                                 Asus4         A             Asus4 A

They dropped things on his back & lied & lied & lied & lied & lied.

 

But they couldn't stop Jack or the waters lapping.

And they couldn't prevent Jack from feeling happy.

 

| A    | D    | A    | D    | A    | D    | A    | D   Dsus4 |

 

But they couldn't stop Jack or the waters lapping.

And they couldn't prevent Jack from feeling happy.

 

| A    | D    | A    | D    | G    | A  D | G    |A...

 

CHORUS:

 

But they couldn't stop Jack or the waters lapping.

And they couldn't prevent Jack from feeling happy.

 

[play intro riff 1x]  (I saw ya...!)




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