John Lee
John Lee

John Lee easy guitar chords by Fairport Convention

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 2

Capo

Transpose

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Capo

  • D

  • G

  • Gm

    3

  • A

  • Bb

  • F#m

    2

  • Em

  • Dm

  • C

  • D

  • G

  • Gm

    3

  • A

  • Bb

  • F#m

    2

  • Em

  • Dm

  • C

    • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    John 
    Lee, 
    your 
    headache's growing, 

    the 
    cold 
    wind's 
    blowing 

    But the 
    sea's 
    without 
    a ripple 

    John 
    Lee, 
    your forehead's 
    damp, 

    your 
    muscles 
    cramp 

    And the sea 
    can't 
    use 
    a 
    cripple 

    (Chorus) 

    John 
    Lee, 
    you're 
    turn
    ing 

    around 
    your 
    plate 
    again 

    Oh, 
    John 
    Lee 

    John 
    Lee, 
    you're 
    turn
    ing 

    around 
    your 
    plate 
    again 

    Oh, 
    John 
    Lee 

    John 
    Lee's 
    been 
    made 
    a freeman, 

    his 
    heart's 
    a seaman 

    But his 
    flesh 
    won't 
    make 
    a sail
    or 

    Working 
    in 
    a big 
    hotel, 

    waiting 
    for the 
    bell 

    That's 
    ringing 
    for 
    his 
    labour 

    (Chorus) 

    John 
    Lee, 

    your 

    chances 
    are good, 

    you 
    better 
    touch 
    wood 

    We think 
    things 
    must 
    get 
    better 

    John 
    Lee, 
    you've 
    a friend 
    so true, 

    she 
    wants 
    to help 
    you 

    Miss Keyes 
    has 
    sent 
    a letter 



    (Chorus) 

    "Dear 
    John, 
    come 

    and 
    work 
    the Glen, 

    just 
    write 
    me when 

    And 
    I'll send 
    someone 
    to meet 
    you" 

    John's 
    gone 
    to where he 
    started 
    from, 

    he's 
    not 
    worked 
    long, 
    just 
    be
    ginning 
    to belong 

    "It hasn't 
    been 
    a 
    very 
    good 
    day, 

    the 
    missus 
    wants 
    to halve 
    my 
    pay 

    Close 
    the door 
    and 
    douse 
    the light, 

    it's 
    quiet 
    at night 
    when she's 
    tucked 
    in tight 

    Sometimes 
    I feel, 
    when they're 
    all 
    in 
    bed, 

    it's 
    al
    most 
    like 
    the 
    whole world's 
    dead 

    So 
    I lay 
    me down 
    to sleep, 

    I 
    pray 
    thee Lord 
    my 
    soul 
    to 
    keep" 

    (Chorus) 

    (Chorus) 

    "The custom
    ary 
    quiet of 
    Babbacombe, 

    a 
    residential 
    suburb 
    of 

    Torquay, 
    was 
    greatly 
    disturbed 

    early 
    on 
    Saturday 
    morning 

    An 

    D the 
    peaceful 
    inhabitants 
    roused 

    to a state of 
    intense 

    Alarm 
    and 
    ter
    ror by 
    one of the 

    most 
    frightful 
    tra
    gedies 

    That human 
    devilment 
    could 
    plan or 

    human 
    fiend 
    could perpe- 

    Trate. The 
    name 
    of 
    the 
    victim 
    was Miss 

    Emma 
    Anne White
    head 

    Keyes, 
    an elder 

    Ly 
    lady of 
    some sixty- 

    eight 
    years. The 
    name 

    Of 
    her 
    home, 
    the 
    scene of 
    her tragedy, 

    was 'The 
    Glen'. She 

    Was 
    found early 
    in the 
    morning, 

    lying on her 
    dining room 

    Floor. 
    Her 
    throat 
    had been 
    horribly 

    cut 
    and there were 
    three 

    Wounds 
    on her head. It 

    Was evident 
    that her murderer 

    had 
    also 

    Attempted 
    to burn 
    the 
    corpse." 

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