Johnny Come Lately chords by Keltic Storm

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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I'm an American,
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boys, I've come a long way
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I was born and bred in the U  .S .A.
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So listen up close, I've got something to say
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Boys, I'm buying this round
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Well, it took a little while,
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but we're in this fight
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Ain't going home till we've
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done what's right
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Gonna  drink, I'm done time dry tonight
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Never had to spend my last pound
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When I first got to London,
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it was pouring down rain
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Met a little girl in a field canteen
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Painted her name on
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the nose of my plane
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Six more missions, I'm gone
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Well, I asked if I could stay
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and she said that I might
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Then the warden came around,
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yellin', shut out the lights
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That's when I out on a London night
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We made love till dawn
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But when Johnny come, lady comes
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With a chest full of metals in a GI loan
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They'll be waitin' at the station
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down to San Antonio
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When Johnny comes marchin' home
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A P  -47 is a pretty good ship
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She took a round comin'
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across the Channel last trip
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Was thinkin' about my baby
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and lettin' her rip
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All these copies do so far
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Well, they can ship me all over
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this great big world
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Never find nothin' up in North End, girl
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I'm takin' her home with me one day,
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As soon as we win this war
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But when Johnny -come -lady
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comes marchin' home
With a chest full of medals
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and a GI loan
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They'll be waitin' at the station
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down at San Antonio
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When Johnny comes marchin' home
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Now my granddaddy sang me this song
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Told me about London
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when the blitz was on
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I remember grandma and
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brought her back home
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Heroes throughout this land
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Now we're standin' at
the runway in San Diego
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Couple purple hearts,
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and they move a little slow
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There's nobody here,
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maybe nobody knows
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About a place called Vietnam
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Puppin' Johnny come,
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lady comes marchin' home
With a chest full of metals,
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energy I loan
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They'll be waitin' at the station
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down to San Antonio
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When Johnny comes marchin' home
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Puppin' Johnny come,
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lady comes marchin' home
With a chest full of metals,
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energy I  loan
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They'll be waitin' at the station
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down to San Antonio
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When journey comes marching home
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