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Jacques Et Gilles by Kate & Anna McGarrigle
Jacques Et Gilles
Tuning: E A D G B E
CAPO: 2nd Fret
[Intro]
C F G C Em G C F Em G
C G C G C G C G
[Verse 1]
C G C G
Jacques et Gilles work at the mill
C G C G
That stands beside the water
C G C G
Could be Lowell, could be Lawrence
F G
Or Nashua, New Hampshire
[Verse 2]
C G C G
Jacques et Gilles, they hate the mill
C G C G
But they’ve too many sons and daughters
C G C G
The pay’s no good, they miss the woods
F G C G C G
So they go and cut the lumber in Maine
[Verse 3]
C G C G
Jacques et Gilles they’ve left the mill
C G C G
To cut down trees in winter
C G C G
Little Helene who’s only ten
F C F C
She knits and spins and sits and folds
F C F
In darkness and in hunger
C G C
In the cold mill by the frozen water
[Verse 4]
Am G Am C
And St-Jean-Baptiste says, “That’s okay
Am G Dm7 C
Come pray to me on Sunday
Am G Am C
We’ll cash your notes, we’ll cast your votes
F G C G C G
Just give me some of that money”
[Verse 5]
C G C G
“Tell me mother, sister and brother
C G C G
You who work beside me
C G C G
When will we be going home
F C F C
To the chickens and cows, the horses and sows
F C F
The cousins and friends and loved-ones
C G C G
Of our native country?”
[Verse 6]
C G C G
“Ah, shut your mouth my daughter dear
C G C G
Go fetch the boss some water
C G C G
And just pretend ma belle Helene
F C
That at the borne-fontaine
F C
You can’t comprehend
G C G C G
That Irish agitator”
[Verse 7]
Am G Am C
Now we’re going down to La Marique
Am G Dm7 C
To work in the mills of New Hampshire
Am G Am C
Two weeks we’ll march like savages
F G C G C G
Down the banks of the Connecticut and the Merrimac rivers
[Verse 8]
C G C G
“Why is Paddy such a bad guy?
C G C G
Why is he so evil?
C G C G
He wants more pay for his working day
F G C G C G
And he says that kids like me should be in school”
[Verse 9]
C G C G
“Ah, ferme ta gueule ma p’tite soeur
C G C G
We’ll start for home tomorrow
C G C G
But Paddy Boyle and Katy Doyle
F C
They’ve left their soil
F C F C
They’ve sailed away, they can’t go home
G C G C G
And therein lies their anger and their sorrow”
[Verse 10]
C G C G
And the old man smells of whisky-blanc
C G C G
Of tobacco and fine leather
C G C G
And all the boys Ti-Pit, Ti-Jean
F C F C
Ti-Guy, Ti-Gus, have brand new suits
F C F C
And all the girls, new coats and hats
F C F C G
And Madame Aubry, a gorgeous hat of Melton
C G C G
With three fine feathers
[Verse 11]
Am G Am C
And we’re going home to Canada
Am G Dm7 C
To La Beauce, our beautiful country
Am G Am C
We’ll take the new train from Nashua
F G C G C G C G
Our pockets filled with American money
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