Long John chords by Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee

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Verse 1
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Dm 
Am 
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G 
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I'm Lone John, I'm a long time gone,
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Dm 
Like a turkey through the corn borne,
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With my long clothes on.
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Dm 
D 
Well, if I had listened, if I had listened,
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D 
What my good gal said, what
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my good gal said,
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I'd have been a -sleepin',
I'd have been a -sleepin'
In my good gal's bed,
my good gal's bed
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But I didn't listen, I didn't listen
Em 
G 
Em 
Just rambled about, rambled about
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F#m 
And now I'm on a chain gang,
Em 
now I'm on a chain gang
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With my teeth poked out,
Em 
my teeth poked out
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Em 
I'm Long John, Long John
I'm a long time gone, boy
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Like a turkey through the corn, boy
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With my long clothes on
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I got a heel in the front,
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D 
got a heel in the front,
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D 
a heel behind, and a heel behind.
Em 
You can't quite tell,
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can't quite tell if I'm running or flying,
running or flying.
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D 
I'm Long John, Long John,
a long time gone boy,
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G 
I'm a long time gone boy.
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D 
Like a turkey through the corn boy,
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with my long clothes on.
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I'm a  way out jenner, a way out jenner
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A head of them hounds,
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D 
a head of them hounds
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Ain't a hound in town,
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a hound in town
F#m 
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G 
Em 
That can run me down, run me down
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D 
G 
I'm a long john, a long john
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D 
A long time gone boy
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D 
I'm a long time gone boy
F#m 
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Like  a turkey through the corn boy
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With my long clothes on
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F#m 
Well, I'm standing on the corner
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I'm standing on the corner
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With my dollar in my hand
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D 
My hat in my hand
Em 
I'm waiting for the cold things
That the white folks send
The white folks send
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F#m 
Sendin' old coal taters
Old coal taters
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And a chitlin stew
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A chitlin stew
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And a sendin' old hog -eye
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An d a coal tub too
I'm Long John, Long John,
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a long time gone boy
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D 
I'm a long time gone boy
I like a turkey to the corn boy
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I  like a turkey to the corn boy
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With my long clothes on