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This one-shot from a South African band, Four Jacks and a Jill, peaked
at 18 in mid-68. The stereo LP version (the 45 was a different take)
is available on CD on the Dick Bartley _Collector`s Essentials: The
`60s_ compilation. -- AWR
Master Jack
(David Markantonatas)
Note: The record sounds in B, but the fingerpicked electric is almost
certainly detuned a semi-tone and played in C.
Chorus 1 [w/fingerpicked electric]:
B E B [2-4: A Bb B]
It`s a strange, strange world we live in, Master Jack
E B [2-4: A Bb B]
You taught me all I know and I`ll never look back
E F B [2-4: A Bb B]
It`s a very strange world and I thank you, Master Jack
(band enters)
Verse 1:
E B
You took a colored ribbon from out of the sky
E B
And taught me how to use it as the years went by
E B
To tie up all your problems and make them look neat
E F
And then to sell them to the people in the street
[repeat chorus 1]
Verse 2:
I saw right through the way you started teaching me now
So someday soon you could get to use me somehow
I thank you very much, you know you`ve been very kind
But I`d better move along before you change my mind
Chorus 2:
It`s a strange, strange world we live in, Master Jack
No hard feelings if I never go back
It`s a very strange world and I thank you, Master Jack
Verse 3:
You taught me all those things the way you`d like them to be
But I`d like to see if other people agree
It`s all very interesting the way you disguise
But I`d like to see the world through my own eyes
Chorus 3:
It`s a strange, strange world we live in, Master Jack
No hard feelings if I never go back
You`re a very strange man and I thank you, Master Jack
Coda:
E F B A Bb B
You`re a very strange man and I thank you, Master Jack
E [N.C.] F [N.C.]
You`re a very strange man - aren`t you?
B [rit.] A Bb B [end cold]
Master... Jack
-- another ace 60`s tab from Andrew Rogers
