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Johnny Come Lately easy guitar chords by
Steve Earle
Steve Earle

1991Country
5.0 (1)
Intro 1
G
G

Verse 1
G

I'm an American, boys
C

I've come a long way
G
D

I was born and bred in the USA
Em
C
G

So listen up close I've got somethin' to say
D

Boys, I'm buying this round
Verse 2
G

Well it took a little while,
C

but we're in this fight
G

Ain't going home
D

'til we've done what's right
Em
C
G

Gonna drink Camden Town dry tonight
D

If I have to spend my last pound
Verse 3
G

When I first got to London
C

it was pouring down rain
G
D

Met a little girl in the field canteen
Em
C
G

Painted her name on the nose of my plane
D

Six more missions, I'm gone
Verse 4
G

Well I asked if I could stay
C

and she said that I might
G

Then the warden came around
D

yelling "shut out the lights"
Em
C
G

Death raining out of the London night
D
G

We made love 'til dawn
Chorus 1
C

But when Johnny Come Lately
G

comes marching home
D

With a chest full of medals and a G.I. loan
Em

They'll be waiting at the station
C
G

down in San Antone
D
G

When Johnny comes marching home
Interlude 1
G
C
G
D

Em
C
G

G
D
G

Verse 5
G
C

My P-47 is a pretty good ship
G

And she took a round coming
D

cross the Channel last trip
Em

I was thinking about my baby
C
G

and letting her rip
D

Always got me through so far
Verse 6
G

Well they can ship me all over
C

this great big world
G
D

Never find nothing like my North End girl
Em
C
G

I'm taking her home with me one day, sir
D
G

Soon as we win this war
Chorus 2
C

But when Johnny Come Lately
G

comes marching home
D

With a chest full of medals and a G.I. loan
Em

They'll be waiting at the station
C
G

down in San Antone
D
G

When Johnny comes marching home
Interlude 2
G
C
G
D

Em
C
G
D

G
C
G
D

Em
C
G

G
D
G

Verse 7
G
C

Now my granddaddy sang me this song
G

Told me about London
D

when the Blitz was on
Em

How he married Grandma
C
G

and brought her back home
D

A hero throughout this land
Verse 8
G

Now I'm standing on a runway
C

in San Diego
G

A couple purple hearts,
D

so I move a little slow
Em
C
G

There's nobody here, maybe nobody knows
D
G

About a place called Vietnam
Chorus 3
C

But when Johnny Come Lately
G

comes marching home
D

With a chest full of medals and a G.I. loan
Em

They'll be waiting at the station
C
G

down in San Antone
D
G

When Johnny comes marching home
Chorus 4
C

But when Johnny Come Lately
G

comes marching home
D

With a chest full of medals and a G.I. loan
Em

They'll be waiting at the station
C
G

down in San Antone
D
G

When Johnny comes marching home
Interlude 3
G
C
G
D

Em
C
G

G
D
G

G
C
G
D

Em
C
G

G
D
G

G
C
G
D

Em
C
G

G
D
G

[Repeat and fade]

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