WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Mark Wills - Jacobs Ladder Chords | Ver. 1
"Intro - G C G D (x2)
G
Jacob was a dirt poor farm boy
G C
Raised at the fork in the road in a clapboard house
C
And Rachel was a land baron's daughter
C G
Born with a silver spoon in her mouth
G
Her daddy said he wouldn't stand
G C
For Rachael to waste her life with a common man
Am
He tried hard to keep them apart
C D
But you can't draw lines in a young girl's heart
C
So late one night by the harvest moon
C
Jacob climed a ladder up to Rachel's room
G G
He knew his place, it was right beside her
C
Step by step up to her world
C
Head over heels for that brown-eyed girl
G G
And gettin' caught didn't seem to matter
C D
'Cause heaven was waitin' at the top of Jacob's ladder
Repeat Intro
A
It'll be five years September
A D
Since her daddy found a ladder and a note on her window sill
D
He swore he'd never forgive them
D A
But nothin' melts a heart like a grandchild will
A
Now she climbs up on his knee
A D
Says, "Grandpa, tell a story, tell the one about me"
Bm
He thinks back and his eyes shine
D E
Says, "Listen Child, once upon a time"
D
Late one night by the harvest moon
D
Your Daddy climed a ladder up to your Momma's room
A A
He knew his place, it was right beside her
D
Step by step up to her world
D
Head over heels for a brown-eyed girl
A A
But you're here now and that's all that matters
D E (Play E, but walk down bass note E D C# B)
'Cause heaven was waitin' at the top of Jacob's ladder
Bm A
Oh, an angel was waitin' at the top of Jacob's ladder
Intro
End on D
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