My Name Is Jack

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 From: Andrew Rogers  
  
   
 Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 15:49:11 -0400 
 Subject: m/manfred_mann/my_name_is_jack.crd 
  
                            "My Name Is Jack" 
                               (John Simon) 
  
 [Note: the record is somewhere between Db and D; I've notated it in D.] 
  
 Intro: 
  
 	(recorder arr. for guitar): 
  
 	 v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v 
 	----12--14-------|12---------------| 
 	-15----------15--|---------15------| 
 	-----------------|----14-----------| 
 	-----------------|-----------------| 
 	-----------------|-----------------| 
 	-----------------|-----------------| 
  
 	 v   v    v   v     v   v   v   v 
 	-12-14-15-14--12--|-----12----------| 
 	------------------|-15--------------| 
 	------------------|--------14-------| 
 	------------------|-----------------| 
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 Verse 1 [partial]: 
  
 	(w/recorder and electric piano): 
  
 	    D       Em         D 
 	My name is Jack and I live in the back 
 	        G     A     D 
 	Of the Greta Garbo Home 
 	       A             F#/A# 
 	With friends I will remember 
 	     Bm  E      A 
 	Wherever I may roam 
  
 Chorus: 
  
 	    G          D/F# 
 	And my name's Jack 
 	       Em   /A      D 
 	And I live in the back 
 	         G   F#m             B 
 	Of the Greta Garbo Home For Wayward Boys And Girls 
  
 	We all love Jack 
 	And we live in the back 
 	Of the Greta Garbo Home For Wayward Boys And Girls 
  
 	Bb       A         D [N.C.; drum fill] 
 	/ / / /  / / / /   / 
  
 Verse 2: 
  
 	  D         Em           D/F# 
 	There goes Fred with his hands on his head 
 	            G           A        D 
 	'Cause he thinks he's heard the bomb 
 	     A          F#7 
 	And here comes Superspade [US single: Superman] 
 	     Bm     E      A 
 	Who really puts it on 
  
 	It's lots of fun and I love to run 
 	Up and down the stairs 
 	I make as much noise as I want 
 	And no one ever cares 
  
 [repeat chorus] 
  
 Verse 3: 
  
 	There's Carl over there with his funny old hair 
 	And he's never sad at all 
 	And when I grow up I want to run 
 	As fast as my friend Paul 
  
 	There's the prettiest girl in the whole wide world 
 	And her name is Melody Mend 
 	And here comes Ma with Brother Tom 
 	Who's probably my best friend 
 	          Bb 
 	My best friend 
  
 	[key changes to Eb] 
  
 Chorus [in Eb]: 
  
 	    Ab        Eb/G 
 	And my name's Jack 
 	       Fm  /Bb     Eb 
 	And I live in the back 
 	        Ab    Gm             C 
 	Of the Greta Garbo Home For Wayward Boys And Girls 
  
 	We all love Jack 
 	And we live in the back 
 	Of the Greta Garbo Home For Wayward Boys And Girls 
  
 	Cb       Bb        Eb [N.C.; drum fill] 
 	/ / / /  / / / /   / 
  
 Partial verse [fades as chorus re-enters]: 
  
 	    Eb      Fm        Eb/G 
 	My name is Jack and I live in the back of the... [fade] 
  
 Coda: 
  
 	[repeat 2X]: 
  
 	   Ab       Eb/G 
 	We all love Jack 
 	        Fm  /Bb     Eb 
 	And we live in the back 
 	        Ab    Gm             C 
 	Of the Greta Garbo Home For Wayward Boys And Girls 
  
 	[repeat to fade]: 
  
 	            C 
 	My name is Jack 
 	And I live in the back 
  
  
 -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers