Getaway John chords by The Kingston Trio
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Intro 1
(C major) (D major) (C major) (D major)
Verse 1
Get away, (D major) get away (C major)
(A minor) Get away, (D major) get away (C major)
Poor John
(D major)
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Verse 2
John (G major) Hardy was a (D major) fightin' man
(G major) Carried a razor (D major) ev'ry day
He killed (G major) a man in (D major) Mobile town
You (C major) ought to see my Johnny get away (D major)
You (C major) ought to see my Johnny get away (D major)
Verse 3
Get away (D major) (C major)
Get away, (D major) get away (C major)
Poor John (D major)
Verse 4
John (G major) Hardy was standin' (D major) at the bar
(G major) So drunk he could not see (D major)
Along (G major) came a sheriff with
a warrant (D major) in his hand
"Johnny (C major) boy,
you'd better come with (D major) me
Yeah, (C major) Johnny boy,
you'd better come with (D major) me"
Verse 5
John (G major) Hardy had a pretty (D major) little gal
(G major) Kept her dressed (D major) in blue
He saw (G major) her in the hangin' (D major) crowd
Cryin', (C major) "Johnny boy,
I'll be true to you (D major)
(C major) Johnny boy, I'll be true to you" (D major)
Verse 6
True to you (D major) (C major)
True to you, (D major) true to you (C major)
Poor, John
(D major)
Verse 7
I've (G major) been to the East (D major) and
I've been to the West
(G major) Been this whole world (D major) 'round
I've (G major) been to the North and
I lived (D major) in the South
(C major) This will be my buryin' (D major) ground
This (C major) will be my buryin' (D major) ground
Verse 8
Well, (D major) I've been this wide world (C major) over
(D major) Been this whole world (C major) 'round
(D major) Been to the river and I've (C major) been baptized
Take (D major) me to (C major) my buryin' (D major) ground
Verse 9
Get away, (D major) get away, get away
Outro 1
(D major)
Getaway John
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