Jacob's Ladder Song Lyrics and Chords by Mark Wills
Jacob's Ladder
Recorded by Mark Wills
Written by Tony Martin, Cal Sweat, Brenda Sweat
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Jacob was a dirt poor farm boy
Raised at the fork in the road in a clapboard
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house
And Rachael was a land baron's daughter
Born with a silver spoon in her
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mouth
Her daddy said he wouldn't stand
For Rachael to waste her life with a common
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man
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He tried hard to keep them apart
But you
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can't draw lines in a young girl's
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heart
So
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late one night by the harvest moon
Jacob climbed a ladder up to Rachael's room
He
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knew his place it was right beside her
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Step by step up to her world
Head over heels for a brown-eyed girl
And
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gettin' caught didn't seem to matter
Cause
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heaven was
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waitin' at the
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top of Jacob's
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ladder
It'll be five years September
Since her daddy found a ladder and a
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note on her windowsill
He swore he'd never forgive them
But nothin' melts a heart like a grandchild
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will
Now she climbs up on his knee
Says grandpa tell a story the one about
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me
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He thinks back and his eyes shine
Says
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listen child once upon a
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time
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Late one night by the harvest moon
Your daddy climbed a ladder to your momma's room
He
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knew his place it was right beside her
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Step by step up to her world
Head over heels for my little girl
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here you are that's all that matters
Cause
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heaven was
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watin' at the
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top of Jacob's
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Oh an
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angel was
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waitin' at the
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ladder
FAQ
Who sang the the song Jacob's Ladder?
- The song Jacob's Ladder was sang by Mark Wills.
Who is Mark Wills?
- Mark Wills (born Daryl Mark Williams August 8, 1973) is an American country music artist. Signed to Mercury Records between 1996 and 2003, he released five studio albums for the label - Mark Wills, Wish You Were Here, Permanently, Loving Every Minute, and And the Crowd Goes Wild - as well as a greatest hits package. In that same timespan, he charted sixteen singles on the Billboard country charts, all of which made the top 40. After leaving Mercury in 2003, he signed to Equity Music Group and charted three more singles. Two of these were later included on his sixth studio album, Familiar Stranger, which was released on the Tenacity label in 2008.
Of his albums, Wish You Were Here is the best-selling, with a platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America. This album's title track and the late 2002-early 2003 release "19 Somethin'" both reached No. 1 on the Hot Country Songs charts. Besides these, six more of his singles have reached top 10 on the chart: his debut single "Jacob's Ladder", "Places I've Never Been", "I Do (Cherish You)", "Don't Laugh at Me", "She's in Love", and a cover version of Brian McKnight's "Back at One". Two songs originally recorded by Wills, "Somebody" and "What Hurts the Most", were later hit singles for Reba McEntire and Rascal Flatts, respectively.
On December 21, 2018, Wills was invited to become the 218th member of the Grand Ole Opry. He was inducted on January 11, 2019.
