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A poker game played out through double entendre, 'The Jack' wraps a cautionary tale in card-sharp metaphor. AC/DC's narrator finds himself outplayed by a woman who knows every trick in the deck, her tattoo and garter the only tells he should have read. The song trades in the language of bluffing and dealing, each verse another hand where he discovers too late that she's been shuffled through before. Bon Scott wrote two versions of the lyrics, one for the album and another for live performance, and the song carries the swagger of a band confident enough to build five minutes around a single, hammering chorus. The repetition of "She's got the Jack" becomes its own kind of rhythm, a warning that lands harder each time it cycles back. Underneath sits a groove that moves at a steady pace, the guitar work giving the whole thing the feel of a song that knows exactly what it's doing.
"The Jack" is a track by AC/DC, from the album T.N.T., released 1st December 1975. Full lyrics are available below.
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