G5 
Jacob was a dirt poor farm boy 
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raised at the fork in the road, in a clapboard house 
 
and Rachel was a land baron's daughter 
 
born with a silver spoon in her mouth. 
 
Her daddy said he wouldn't stand 
                                                      C5 
for Rachel to waste her life with a common man 
A5 
He tried hard to keep them apart 
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but you can't draw lines, in a young girl's heart 
C5 
So late one night by the harvest moon 

Jacob climbed a ladder up to Rachel's room 
G5 
He knew his place, it was right beside her 
C5 
step by step, up to her world 

head over heels for his brown eyed girl 
G5 
and gettin' caught didn't seem to matter 
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G5 
'cause heaven was waitin' at the top of Jacob's ladder. 
(Key change to A5 ) 

    A5 
It'll be five years september 

since her daddy found a ladder 
                          D5 
and a note on her window sill 
 
He swore he'd never forgive them 
                                                     A5 
but nothin' melts a heart like a grandchild will 
 
Now she climbs up on his knee 
                                                D5 
says "Grampa tell the story; the one about me" 
B- 
He thinks back and his eyes shine 
D5                      E5 
says listen child, once upon a time... 
D5 
Late one night by the harvest moon 
 
your daddy climbed a ladder to your momma's room 
A5 
He knew his place, it was right beside her 
D5 
Step by step, up to her world 

head over heals for my little girl 
A5 
and here you are, that's all that matters 
           B-               E5 
'cause heaven was waitin' at the top of Jacob's ladder 
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A5 
Oh, and an angel was waitin' at the top of Jacob's Ladder