Johnny Come Lately chords by
Steve Earle

1991Country302 views

Key: G major

Intro 1

G

G

Verse 1
G G 
 
I'm an American, boys
C C 
 
I've come a long way
G G 
 
D D 
 
I was born and bred in the USA
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
So listen up close I've got somethin' to say
D D 
 
Boys, I'm buying this round

Verse 2
G G 
 
Well it took a little while,
C C 
 
but we're in this fight
G G 
 
Ain't going home
D D 
 
'til we've done what's right
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
Gonna drink Camden Town dry tonight
D D 
 
If I have to spend my last pound

Verse 3
G G 
 
When I first got to London
C C 
 
it was pouring down rain
G G 
 
D D 
 
Met a little girl in the field canteen
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
Painted her name on the nose of my plane
D D 
 
Six more missions, I'm gone

Verse 4
G G 
 
Well I asked if I could stay
C C 
 
and she said that I might
G G 
 
Then the warden came around
D D 
 
yelling "shut out the lights"
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
Death raining out of the London night
D D 
 
G G 
 
We made love 'til dawn

Chorus 1
C C 
 
But when Johnny Come Lately
G G 
 
comes marching home
D D 
 
With a chest full of medals and a G.I. loan
Em Em 
 
They'll be waiting at the station
C C 
 
G G 
 
down in San Antone
D D 
 
G G 
 
When Johnny comes marching home

Interlude 1

G

C

G

D

Em

C

G

G

D

G

Verse 5
G G 
 
C C 
 
My P-47 is a pretty good ship
G G 
 
And she took a round coming
D D 
 
cross the Channel last trip
Em Em 
 
I was thinking about my baby
C C 
 
G G 
 
and letting her rip
D D 
 
Always got me through so far

Verse 6
G G 
 
Well they can ship me all over
C C 
 
this great big world
G G 
 
D D 
 
Never find nothing like my North End girl
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
I'm taking her home with me one day, sir
D D 
 
G G 
 
Soon as we win this war

Chorus 2
C C 
 
But when Johnny Come Lately
G G 
 
comes marching home
D D 
 
With a chest full of medals and a G.I. loan
Em Em 
 
They'll be waiting at the station
C C 
 
G G 
 
down in San Antone
D D 
 
G G 
 
When Johnny comes marching home

Interlude 2
G G 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G

Verse 7
G G 
 
C C 
 
Now my granddaddy sang me this song
G G 
 
Told me about London
D D 
 
when the Blitz was on
Em Em 
 
How he married Grandma
C C 
 
G G 
 
and brought her back home
D D 
 
A hero throughout this land

Verse 8
G G 
 
Now I'm standing on a runway
C C 
 
in San Diego
G G 
 
A couple purple hearts,
D D 
 
so I move a little slow
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
There's nobody here, maybe nobody knows
D D 
 
G G 
 
About a place called Vietnam

Chorus 3
C C 
 
But when Johnny Come Lately
G G 
 
comes marching home
D D 
 
With a chest full of medals and a G.I. loan
Em Em 
 
They'll be waiting at the station
C C 
 
G G 
 
down in San Antone
D D 
 
G G 
 
When Johnny comes marching home

Chorus 4
C C 
 
But when Johnny Come Lately
G G 
 
comes marching home
D D 
 
With a chest full of medals and a G.I. loan
Em Em 
 
They'll be waiting at the station
C C 
 
G G 
 
down in San Antone
D D 
 
G G 
 
When Johnny comes marching home

Interlude 3
G G 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
[Repeat and fade]

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