[ Excerpts from a teenage opera von Keith West ]


Excerpts from a teenage opera

    G                                        F
1. Jack get up and get some fresh air, for Jesus Christ, get on your feet,
        C
    without you, Jack, the town can`t eat.

  C            G               F
Grocer Jack, Grocer Jack, get off your bed,
       G               C                   a
come into town, don`t let me down, oh no, no.
  C            G               F
Grocer Jack, Grocer Jack, get off your bed,
    G                C                     a - F - G
go into town, don`t let them down, oh no, no.

         C
2. The people that live in the town,
                            F
    don`t understand he`s never been known to Mrs. Lown.
                                               C
 It`s ten o`clock, the houseweife skells,when Jack turns up, we`ll give him hell.
     G
  Husbands moaning, breakfast tables,no milk, no eggs, no marmelade labels.
       F                              C
    Mothers send their children out, to Jack`s house to scream and shout.  

+ REFRAIN

         C            
3. It`s Sunday morning, bright and clear,
                     F
    lovely flowers decorate a marble square.
                                C
    People cry from far away, think about the fateful day,
     G     
    now they wish, they`d given Jack more attention and respect,
     F                                         C
    little children, dressed in black, don`t know what happened to old Jack.
              C            G           F                G
+ REFRAIN + Grocer Jack, Grocer Jack, is it true what Mamie said,
         C                       a
    you won`t come back. oh no, no. (rep. and fade).        (Keith West)