John Doe No. 24

John Doe No. 24 easy guitar chords by Mary Chapin Carpenter

N/A
Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 2

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo
  • D

  • G

  • Asus4

  • A

  • Em

  • Bm

    2
  • D

  • G

  • Asus4

  • A

  • Em

  • Bm

    2
  • Intro 1



    Verse 1
    I was 
    stand
    ing 
    on 
    this sidewalk 

    In 
    1945 in 
    Jack
    sonville, 

    Illinois 

    When asked 
    what 
    my name 
    was 

    there 
    came 
    no 
    reply 

    They 
    said 
    I was 
    deaf 
    and sight
    less, 

    half-wit 
    boy 

    Verse 2
    boy 

    But 
    Lewis 
    was 
    my 
    name 
    though I 

    could 
    not 
    say 
    it 

    I was 
    born 
    and raised 
    in New 

    Or
    leans 

    My spir
    it 
    was 
    wild, 

    so 
    let the 
    river 
    take 
    it 

    On 
    a barge 
    and a pray
    er 

    up
    stream 

    Verse 3
    They 
    searched 
    for 
    mother 
    and 

    they searched 
    for 
    a father

    And they 
    searched 
    till they 

    searched 
    no 
    more 

    The 
    doctors 
    put to 
    rest 

    their scien
    tific 
    test 

    And they 
    named 
    me 
    John 

    Doe 
    No. 
    24 

    And they 
    all 
    shook 
    their 
    heads 
    Verse 4

    in 
    pity 

    For 
    world 
    so 
    silent 
    an
    dark 

    Well, 
    there's 
    no 
    doubt 

    that 
    life's 
    a mystery 

    But so 
    too 
    is 
    the 
    human 
    heart 

    And it 
    was 
    my 
    Verse 5
    heart's 

    own 
    perfume 

    When the 
    crape 
    jasmine 
    bloomed 
    on 
    St. 

    Char
    les 
    Avenue 

    Though I could
    n't 
    hear 
    the bells 

    of the streetcars 
    com
    ing 

    By 
    toeing 
    the track 
    knew 

    And if 
    Verse 6
    were 
    an old 

    man 
    returning 

    With 
    my 
    satchel 
    and 
    pork-pie 
    hat 

    hat 

    I'd hit 
    every 
    jazz 
    joint 
    on 
    Bourbon 

    And 
    I'd 
    hit 
    every 
    one 
    on Basin 
    after 
    that 

    Interlude 1





    Verse 7
    The years 
    kept 
    passing 
    as they 

    passed 
    me around 

    From 
    one 
    state 
    ward 
    to 
    another 

    Like 
    was 
    an orphaned 
    shoe 
    from 

    the lost 
    and 
    found 

    Always 
    miss
    ing 
    the other 

    Verse 8
    They 
    gave 
    me a 
    harp 
    last 
    Christmas 

    And all 
    the nurses 
    took a 

    dance 

    Lately 
    I've 
    been growing 
    listless 

    Been 
    dreaming 
    again 
    of 

    the 
    pas

    I'm 
    wandering 
    Verse 9
    down 
    to 
    the banks 

    of 
    the Great 
    Big 
    Muddy 

    Where the 
    shot
    gun 
    house
    stand 

    am 
    seven 
    years 
    old 
    and 

    I feel 
    my 
    daddy 

    Reach 
    out 
    for 
    my 
    hand 

    Verse 10
    While 
    drew 
    breath 
    no 

    one 
    missed 
    me 

    So 
    they 
    won't 
    on 
    the day 

    that I 
    cease 

    Put a sprig 
    of 
    crape 
    jasmine 
    with 
    me 

    To 
    remind 
    me 
    of New 
    Orleans 

    Verse 11
    I was stand
    ing on 

    this 
    sidewalk 

    In 
    1945 in 
    Jacksonville, 
    Illinois 

    Outro 1







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