Demon John chords by
Jeff Buckley
Jeff Buckley

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Key: G major
Verse 1
G
G

Say farewell, g'night, Sonny- Jim,
A
A

C#dim
C#dim

G
G

C
C

G
G

In your defenseless, winning smile.
A
A

C#dim
C#dim

What do you hope to win?
A
A

G
G

C
C

And bliss face down,
G
G

defended.
A
A

G
G

C
C

Well, now stoned Demon John
G
G

There's no town the boy
cannot belong
C#dim
C#dim

F#m
F#m

D
D

Verse 2
C
C

G
G

Why did you come here?
Em
Em

A
A

G
G

A
A

Is it to excavate all your sins? Boil within?
C
C

G
G

Slaughter like the daughter
A
A

of the devil you send me.
F#m
F#m

C
C

G
G

I have to deal, you called me here.
F#m
F#m

G
G

You couldn't say that you were juiced
F#m
F#m

G
G

The night that you were introduced
A
A

Em
Em

A
A

To Demon John
G
G

Gonna take him with you
F#m
F#m

G
G

A
A

when you go?
G
G

F#m
F#m

G
G

A
A

Dance down slow. Oh,
C
C

G
G

A
A

G
G

Em
Em

C
C

way down.
G
G

You cannot escape the bar-
A
A

Em
Em

side angel dissector
G
G

C
C

G
G

C#dim
C#dim

You undo you life with too much cocoon,
E
E

Em
Em

C
C

Who's your protector?
G
G

A
A

Dark is the city where the white girls walk by,
C#dim
C#dim

A
A

G
G

C
C

G
G

A
A

Down below your eyes, just like fireflies.
G
G

A
A

C
C

You call me here,
G
G

come on here, follow me dear,
A
A

C#dim
C#dim

F#m
F#m

G
G

Past cascades of rage and fear.
C
C

You called me here.
G
G

Em
Em

G
G

F#m
F#m

You couldn't say that
G
G

C#dim
C#dim

you had been juiced
F#m
F#m

G
G

The time that you were introduced
A
A

to Demon John.
F#m
F#m

G
G

Well, you knew you had to want to go
A
A

C#dim
C#dim

A
A

F#m
F#m

A
A

, dance down slow.
G
G

E
E

A
A

By the light of the sun, murder comes
Bm
Bm

E
E

Today or tonight
C#m
C#m

A
A

Better get yourself and transcend it,
D
D

Or burst of light
G
G

C
C

Blaze stars into me,
G
G

F
F

While the love breaks through
G
G

E
E

here and now.
Em
Em

C
C

So, murder by the light
G
G

F#sus4
F#sus4

G
G

of the sun.
F#m
F#m

G
G

Please don't get too
F#m
F#m

G
G

F#m
F#m

close to me.
G
G

F#m
F#m

You said you are for real,
G
G

F#m
F#m

G
G

it's not pretend.
F#m
F#m

G
G

All memories stolen,
know this for yourself.
F#m
F#m

G
G

F#m
F#m

G
G

A
A

How would you like to be the happi
F#m
F#m

G
G

A
A

est man in the world?
G
G

F#m
F#m

G
G

A
A

Behind the weathered field hands,
G
G

whose blistered
Paws
A
A

G
G

F#m
F#m

Harvest cut, for wedding clothes
G
G

Em
Em

they'll never wear,
G
G

F#m
F#m

G
G

Marching down a road that was never there.
It takes place on a sunlit face
D
D

G
G

A
A

G
G

D
D

G
G

and the backbone broken.
A
A

Em
Em

A
A

G
G

C
C

Please bring us light, Demon John,
G
G

C
C

F#m
F#m

you Demon John.
F#
F#

G
G

C#dim
C#dim

Take him with you when you go.
C
C

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