G5 Jacob was a dirt poor farm boy C5 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 C5 D5 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 A- D5 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 A5 E5 F#5 E5 B- E5 A5 Oh, and an angel was waitin' at the top of Jacob's Ladder