Key: E major
Intro 1
E
A
Am
E
A
Am
Verse 1
Am
B
But the sea's without a ripple
Am
B
And the sea can't use a cripple
C
(Chorus)
G#m
A
John Lee, you're turning
around your plate again
F#m
B
Oh, John Lee
C
G#m
A
John Lee, you're turning
around your plate again
F#m
B
E
Oh, John Lee
John Lee's been made a freeman,
Am
B
But his flesh won't make a sailor
Am
B
That's ringing for his labour
C
(Chorus)
G#m
A
F#m
B
C
John Lee,
G#m
A
F#m
B
E
your
chances are good,
Am
B
We think things must get better
Am
B
Miss Keyes has sent a letter
C
G#m
A
F#m
B
(Chorus)
C
G#m
A
F#m
B
E
"Dear John, come
and work the Glen,
Am
B
And I'll send someone to meet you"
Em
D
John's gone to where he started from,
C
B
he's not worked long, just beginning to belong
Em
D
"It hasn't been a very good day,
C
B
the missus wants to halve my pay
Em
D
Close the door and douse the light,
C
B
it's quiet at night when she's tucked in tight
Em
D
Sometimes I feel, when they're all in bed,
C
B
it's al most like the whole world's dead
E
Em
D
So I lay me down to sleep,
C
B
I pray thee Lord my soul to keep"
C
(Chorus)
(Chorus)
Torquay, was greatly disturbed
An
B
C
D the peaceful inhabitants roused
to a state of intense
That human devilment could plan or
B
E
C
Trate. The name of the victim was Miss
Keyes, an elder
eight years. The name
F#m
Of her home, the scene of her tragedy,
Was found early in the morning,
lying on her dining room
C
G#m
Floor. Her throat had been horribly
Wounds on her head. It
Was evident that her murderer
F#m
B
had also
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE A Am B C...
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