Johnny Come Lately original guitar chords by
Steve Earle

1991Country301 views

Key: G major•

Intro 1

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G

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Verse 1
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I'm an American, boys
Cadd9 Cadd9 
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I've come a long way
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Dadd4 Dadd4 3
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I was born and bred in the USA
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Cadd9 Cadd9 
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So listen up close I've got somethin' to say
Dadd4 Dadd4 3
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Boys, I'm buying this round

Verse 2
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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
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'til we've done what's right
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Cadd9 Cadd9 
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Gonna drink Camden Town dry      tonight
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If I have to spend my last pound

Verse 3
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When I first got to London
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it was pouring down rain
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Dadd4 Dadd4 3
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Met a little girl in the field canteen
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Painted her name on the nose     of my plane
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Six more missions, I'm gone

Verse 4
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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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yelling "shut out the lights"
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Death raining out of the London   night
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We made love     'til dawn

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

Interlude 1

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Cadd9

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Dadd4

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Em7

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Cadd9

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Dadd4

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Verse 5
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Cadd9 Cadd9 
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My P-47 is a pretty good ship
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And she took a round coming
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cross the Channel last trip
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I was thinking about my baby
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and letting  her rip
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Always got me through  so far

Verse 6
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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 nothing like my North End girl
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I'm taking her home with me one      day, sir
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Soon as we win      this war

Chorus 2
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But when Johnny   Come Lately
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comes marching home
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With a chest full of medals and a G.I.     loan
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They'll be waiting at the station
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G G 
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down in San      Antone
Dadd4 Dadd4 3
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G G 
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When Johnny comes marching home

Interlude 2
G G 
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Cadd9 Cadd9 
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Dadd4 Dadd4 3
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Em7 Em7 
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G G 
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Dadd4 Dadd4 3
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Em7 Em7 
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G G 
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Dadd4 Dadd4 3
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G G 
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Verse 7
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Cadd9 Cadd9 
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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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How   he married Grandma
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and brought  her back home
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A hero throughout this land

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

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

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

Interlude 3
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Em7 Em7 
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